Nicolás Keenan

Nicolás Keenan

Nicolás Santiago Keenan (born 6 May 1997) is an Argentine field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Dutch Hoofdklasse club Klein Zwitserland and the Argentina national team.

Career

Club career

Keenan played for Club Egara in Spain from age 12 till he was 18. After the 2016 Junior World Cup in Lucknow, he moved to The Hague, Netherlands to play for HC Klein Zwitserland.

International career

Keenan had the opportunity to represent Spain as a junior, but he chose to play internationally for Argentina. He made his debut for the senior national team in the 2019 FIH Pro League. In July 2019, he was selected in the Argentina squad for the 2019 Pan American Games. They won the gold medal by defeating Canada 5-2 in the final. On 25 June 2021, he was chosen to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He made his World Cup debut at the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup. He appeared again at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, initially as a reserve but later called up into the Argentinian squad which reached the quarter-finals.

Personal life

Nicolás Keenan

Keenan was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and grew up in Spain and Italy. He is of Irish descent through his paternal grandfather.

Keenan is bisexual and has been in a relationship with Dutch politician Rob Jetten since 2022. They announced their engagement in November 2024. Jetten became Prime Minister of the Netherlands in February 2026.

Honours

International

• Pan American Junior Championship: (/wiki/2016Men'sPan-AmJuniorChampionship)

• Pan American Games gold medal: (/wiki/Fieldhockeyatthe2019PanAmericanGames–Men'stournament), (/wiki/Fieldhockeyatthe2023PanAmericanGames–Men'stournament)

International goals

Nicolás Keenan

<table><thead><tr><th>No.</th><th>Date</th><th>Venue</th><th>Opponent</th><th>Score</th><th>Result</th><th>Competition</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1.</td><td>3 August 2019</td><td>Lima, Peru</td><td> Cuba</td><td>7–0</td><td>9–0</td><td>2019 Pan American Games</td></tr><tr><td>2.</td><td>25 July 2021</td><td>Tokyo, Japan</td><td> Japan</td><td>2–1</td><td>2–1</td><td>2020 Summer Olympics</td></tr><tr><td>3.</td><td>30 July 2021</td><td> New Zealand</td><td>4–1</td><td>4–1</td></tr><tr><td>4.</td><td>19 March 2022</td><td>Bhubaneswar, India</td><td> India</td><td>2–1</td><td>2–2 (3–1 p)</td><td>2021–22 Men's FIH Pro League</td></tr><tr><td>5.</td><td>21 May 2022</td><td>Berlin, Germany</td><td> Germany</td><td>1–0</td><td>3–5</td></tr><tr><td>6.</td><td>20 January 2023</td><td>Rourkela, India</td><td> France</td><td>1–0</td><td>5–5</td><td>2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup</td></tr><tr><td>7.</td><td>23 January 2023</td><td>Bhubaneswar, India</td><td> South Korea</td><td>2–1</td><td>5–5 (2–3 p)</td></tr><tr><td>8.</td><td>5–3</td></tr><tr><td>9.</td><td>26 January 2023</td><td>Rourkela, India</td><td> Chile</td><td>6–0</td><td>8–0</td></tr><tr><td>10.</td><td>25 October 2023</td><td>Santiago, Chile</td><td> Mexico</td><td>6–1</td><td>10–1</td><td>2023 Pan American Games</td></tr><tr><td>11.</td><td>29 October 2023</td><td> Peru</td><td>3–0</td><td>22–0</td></tr><tr><td>12.</td><td>9–0</td></tr><tr><td>13.</td><td>13–0</td></tr><tr><td>14.</td><td>14 February 2024</td><td>Santiago del Estero, Argentina</td><td> Belgium</td><td>1–0</td><td>4–1</td><td>2023–24 Men's FIH Pro League</td></tr><tr><td>15.</td><td>4–1</td></tr><tr><td>16.</td><td>25 May 2024</td><td>Antwerp, Belgium</td><td> Ireland</td><td>3–2</td><td>4–3</td></tr><tr><td>17.</td><td>26 May 2024</td><td> India</td><td>2–1</td><td>4–5</td></tr><tr><td>18.</td><td>15 June 2025</td><td>Amsterdam, Netherlands</td><td> Netherlands</td><td>1–1</td><td>1–1</td><td>2024–25 Men's FIH Pro League</td></tr><tr><td>19.</td><td>22 June 2025</td><td>Berlin, Germany</td><td> Germany</td><td>1–0</td><td>3–4</td></tr><tr><td>20.</td><td>1 August 2025</td><td>Montevideo, Uruguay</td><td> Canada</td><td>4–1</td><td>9–1</td><td>2025 Men's Pan American Cup</td></tr></tbody></table>