Manuel Contepomi
| Date of birth | 20 August 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb; 198 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Colegio Cardenal Newman (Buenos Aires) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Felipe Contepomi (twin brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 his third at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, in France, where Argentina finished in 3rd place.
Facts
- Manuel Contepomi has received the prestigious Olimpia de Plata for Rugby on two occasions, in 1998 and 2001.
External links
- (in English) UAR profile
- Manuel Contepomi on the official Rugby World Cup 2007 site
- 1999 RWC profile
- Manuel Contepomi signs for the Bristol Shoguns
- Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Buenos Aires
- Argentine rugby union players
- Bristol Bears players
- Club Newman rugby union players
- Rugby Rovigo Delta players
- Rugby union centres
- Argentine twins
- Argentina international rugby union players
- Argentine expatriate rugby union players in England
- Argentine expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- Argentina international rugby sevens players
- Male rugby sevens players
- People educated at Colegio Cardenal Newman
- 1999 Rugby World Cup players
- 2003 Rugby World Cup players
- 2007 Rugby World Cup players
- Argentine rugby union biography stubs
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