Matías Alemanno
Matías Alemanno (born 5 December 1991) is an Argentine rugby union player who plays as a lock for Gloucester in Premiership Rugby, and the Argentina national rugby union team.[1][2]
Full name | Matías Alemanno | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 December 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Córdoba, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 117 kg (18 st 6 lb; 258 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alemmano was a member of the Argentina Under-20 sides which competed in the 2010 and 2011 IRB Junior World Championships[3] and later went on to play for Argentina's representative teams, the Jaguars and the Pampas XV. He was a member of the Pampas XV squad for the 2013 Vodacom Cup in South Africa and he also went on their tour of Australia in 2014.
He made his senior debut for Los Pumas on 17 May 2014, scoring a try in Argentina's comfortable win over Uruguay. He also played in the victory over Chile a week later and played in all of his country's 3 matches during the 2014 mid-year rugby union internationals series.
In August 2014, he was named in the squad for the 2014 Rugby Championship.[4]
Alemanno was signed to play for Jaguares until 2020 after which he moved to England to join Gloucester.[5]
Alemanno was a starter for the Argentina national team on 14 November 2020 in their first ever win against the All Blacks.[6]
References
- "Matías Alemanno ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- "Matías Alemanno itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- "Matías Alemanno IRB JWC Player Profile". IRB.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- "Pumas squad for the Rugby Championship". Sanzar Rugby. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- "Gloucester Rugby secure signing of Argentina international Matías Alemanno". Gloucester Rugby. 2020-07-14. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
- "Argentina (16) 25 - 15 (3) New Zealand (FT)". ESPN. Retrieved 1 December 2020.