{{short description|Argentine field hockey player (born 2003)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox field hockey player | name = Valentina Férola | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2003|9|24}} | birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina | position = Defence | nationalyears1 = 2023–2024 | nationalteam1 = Argentina U–21 | nationalcaps1 = 17 | nationalgoals1 = 8 | nationalyears2 = 2024– | nationalteam2 = Argentina | nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's field hockey}} {{MedalCountry|{{ARG}}}} {{MedalCompetition|FIH Junior World Cup}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Santiago|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Junior Championship}} {{MedalGold|2024 Surrey|Team}} {{MedalSilver|2023 St. Michael|Team}} }} '''Valentina Férola''' (born 24 September 2003)<ref name="TMS">{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/1500/reports/teams |title=Team Details – United States |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=17 January 2025}}</ref> is a field hockey player from Argentina.<ref name="CAH">{{Cite web |url=https://www.cahockey.org.ar/perfil-jugador/valentina-ferola/195 |title=VALENTINA FEROLA |publisher=Confederación Argentina de Hockey |website=cahockey.org.ar |language=es |access-date=17 January 2025}}</ref><ref name="GSA">{{Cite web |url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/field_hockey/valentina-ferola/562444/ |title=Valentina Ferola – Player Info |publisher=Global Sports Archive |website=globalsportsarchive.com |access-date=17 January 2025}}</ref>
==Career== ===Under–21=== Férola made her international debut for Argentina at under–21 level in 2023. She represented the national junior squad at the Pan American Junior Championship in Saint Michael, where she won a silver medal.<ref name="FIH">{{cite web |url=https://tms.fih.ch/people/29772 |title=FEROLA Valentina |publisher=International Hockey Federation |website=tms.fih.ch |accessdate=17 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.panamhockey.org/news/argentina-men-and-usa-women-win-gold-at-junior-pan-american-championships |title=Argentina men and USA women win gold at Junior Pan American Championships |publisher=Pan American Hockey Federation |website=panamhockey.org |date=20 April 2023 |accessdate=17 January 2025}}</ref> Later that year she represented the national junior squad again, competing at the FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago, winning another silver medal.<ref name="FIH"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://rutadeportiva.com/leoncitas-mundial-juvenil-hockey/deportes-internacionales/ |title=LAS LEONCITAS LISTAS PARA EL MUNDIAL JUVENIL EN SANTIAGO |publisher=Ruta Deportiva |website=rutadeportiva.com |language=es |date=28 November 2023 |accessdate=17 January 2025}}</ref>
In 2024 she represented the national junior squad for the final time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/hockey-sobre-cesped/nota/_/id/13463200/hockey-las-leoncitas-convocadas-para-seguir-entrenando-en-el-cenard |title=Las Leoncitas convocadas para seguir entrenando en el CENARD |publisher=ESPN Deportes |website=espndeportes.espn.com |language=es |date=3 April 2024 |accessdate=17 January 2025}}</ref> She was a member of the gold medal winning squad at the Pan American Junior Championship, held in Surrey.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.panamhockey.org/news/leoncitas-reclaim-junior-pan-am-title-as-chile-edge-uruguay-for-bronze |title=Leoncitas reclaim Junior Pan Am title as Chile edge Uruguay for Bronze |publisher=Pan American Hockey Federation |website=panamhockey.org |date=12 July 2024 |accessdate=17 January 2025 |archive-date=4 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804010335/https://www.panamhockey.org/news/leoncitas-reclaim-junior-pan-am-title-as-chile-edge-uruguay-for-bronze |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was also awarded player of the tournament at the conclusion of the competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/los-seleccionados-de-hockey-sub-21-campeones-de-america |title=Los seleccionados de hockey Sub 21 campeones de América |publisher=Government of Argentina |website=argentina.gob.ar |language=es |date=13 July 2024 |accessdate=17 January 2025}}</ref>
===Las Leonas=== Ferola received her maiden call-up to the senior national squad in 2024. She made her senior international debut for Las Leonas in December, during the first of two Argentina legs of the 2024–25 Women's FIH Pro League, held in Santiago del Estero.<ref name="FIH"/>
She has been named in an extended national squad for 2025.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deportv.gob.ar/hockey/seleccionado-femenino-hockey-inaugura-temporada-2025-nid:738 |title=El seleccionado femenino de hockey inaugura la temporada 2025 |publisher=DeporTV |website=deportv.gob.ar |language=es |date=14 January 2025 |accessdate=17 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cahockey.org.ar/noticia/las-leonas-para-comenzar-el-2025-y-sus-pr%C3%93ximos-pasos/3726 |title=LAS LEONAS PARA COMENZAR EL 2025 Y SUS PRÓXIMOS PASOS |publisher=Confederación Argentina de Hockey |website=cahockey.org.ar |language=es |date=14 January 2025 |accessdate=17 January 2025}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{FIH|29772}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Férola, Valentina}} Category:2003 births Category:Living people Category:Argentine women's field hockey players Category:Women's field hockey defenders Category:21st-century Argentine sportswomen