Manuel Contepomi

Manuel Contepomi
Date of birth (1977-08-20) 20 August 1977
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
School Colegio Cardenal Newman (Buenos Aires)
Notable relative(s) Felipe Contepomi (twin brother)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Centre
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
1996-2005, 2007-2008 Newman
correct as of 11 July 2014.
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2005-2006
2006-2007		 Bristol
Rovigo
correct as of 11 July 2014.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1998-2007 Argentina 32 (35)
correct as of 11 July 2014.
Sevens national teams
Years Club / team Comps
1997-2002 Argentina 10
correct as of 11 July 2014.

Manuel Contepomi (born 20 August 1977 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He started playing Rugby at his secondary school, Colegio Cardenal Newman, and currently plays for Club Newman in the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires competition. He has also made numerous appearances for the Argentina national team. He is the twin brother of fellow Argentine rugby international Felipe Contepomi.

He formerly played for Bristol in the Guinness Premiership and Rovigo in Italy.

Contepomi played for the national under-19 and under-21 Argentina sides in the early years of his career. After making his international debut for Argentina in 1998, he was included in the 1999 Rugby World Cup squad for Wales. He made his second World Cup appearance at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, and is third at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, in France, where Argentina reached the 3rd place.

Facts

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/20/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.