Alex Fàbregas

Alex Fàbregas
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Full name Alexandre Fàbregas i Carné
Born October 25, 1980 (1980-10-25) (age 35)
Barcelona, Spain
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Fàbregas and the second or maternal family name is Carné.

Alexandre "Alex" Fàbregas i Carné (born October 25, 1980 in Barcelona) is a field hockey player who finished in fourth position with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He was also part of the Spanish team that won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He plays for Real Club de Polo in his hometown of Barcelona.

He was the target of death threats and insults on Twitter during the 2012 Olympic Games after stating that he played for Spain because he "had no other choice".[1]

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