Matías Alemanno

Matías Alemanno (born 5 December 1991) is an Argentine professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for Premiership Rugby club Gloucester and the Argentina national team.[2][3]

Matías Alemanno
Date of birth (1991-12-05) 5 December 1991
Place of birthCórdoba, Argentina
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight112 kg (247 lb; 17 st 9 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Current team Gloucester
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013–2015 Pampas XV 9 (0)
2016−2020 Jaguares 46 (20)
2020− Gloucester 57 (50)
Correct as of 28 August 2023
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009−2010 Argentina U19 4 (5)
2010−2011 Argentina U20 13 (0)
2012−2013 Argentina Jaguars 9 (0)
2014− Argentina 87 (25)
Correct as of 28 August 2023

Club career

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.

Alemanno was signed to play for Jaguares until 2020 after which he moved to England to join Gloucester.[4]

International career

Alemmano was a member of the Argentina Under-20 sides which competed in the 2010 and 2011 IRB Junior World Championships[5] and later went on to play for Argentina's representative teams, the Jaguars and the Pampas XV.

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.[6]

Alemanno was a starter for the Argentina national team on 14 November 2020 in their first ever win against the All Blacks.[7]

References
  1. "Matías Alemanno player profile". rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  2. "Matías Alemanno ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  3. "Matías Alemanno itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  4. "Gloucester Rugby secure signing of Argentina international Matías Alemanno". Gloucester Rugby. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  5. "Matías Alemanno IRB JWC Player Profile". IRB.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  6. "Pumas squad for the Rugby Championship". Sanzar Rugby. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  7. "Argentina (16) 25 - 15 (3) New Zealand (FT)". ESPN. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
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