David Alegre

David Alegre Biosca is a Spanish former field hockey player who played as a midfielder for the Spain men's national [field hockey team|Spanish national team].
Alegre was born in Terrassa and started playing hockey at age four at Club Egara and retired in 2021 at Real Club de [Polo de Barcelona|Real Club de Polo]. He also played for the Uttar Pradesh Wizards and Oranje Zwart. His older brother Ramón was also a field hockey international for Spain. He played a total of 295 times for the Spanish national team from 2003 until 2021.

Club career

David played in Spain for Club Egara until 2009, when moved to the Netherlands to play for Oranje Zwart. After two seasons with Oranje Zwart, he returned to Spain to play for Real Club de Polo. He also represented the Uttar Pradesh Wizards in the Hockey India League.

Alegre made his debut for the Spain national team in 2003 against Germany. He finished in fourth position with the national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and in sixth at the 2012 Summer Olympics. However, in between he was part of the 2008 Summer Olympics team which won a silver medal. The midfielder has also played in three Hockey [World Cup|World Cups]. He took a break from the national team in 2016 to focus on his work. After not having played for three years for the national team he returned in the team in October 2019 for the 2019 Men's [FIH Olympic Qualifiers|2019 FIH Olympic Qualifiers]. On 25 May 2021, he was selected in the squad for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship. He retired from playing hockey after the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2020 Summer Olympics].