Hugo Torres | |
Birth Date: | 24 April 1962 |
Birth Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Ru Position: | Prop |
Years1: | 1979-1987 |
Years2: | 1987-1988 |
Years3: | 1988-1995 |
Years4: | 1995-1998 |
Years5: | 1998-2001 |
Years6: | 2001-2003 |
Clubs1: | Tala Rugby Club |
Clubs2: | CUS Roma |
Clubs3: | Rugby Roma |
Clubs4: | CUS Roma |
Clubs5: | Capitolina |
Clubs6: | Castel San Pietro |
Apps4: | 111 |
Repyears1: | 1987 |
Repcaps1: | 0 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Coachyears1: | 1995-1998 |
Coachyears2: | 1998-2001 |
Coachyears3: | 2001-2003 |
Coachteams1: | CUS Roma |
Coachteams2: | Capitolina |
Coachteams3: | Castel San Pietro |
Hugo Torres (born Córdoba, 24 April 1962[1]) is a former Argentinian rugby union player and coach.
Torres started his career in 1979, playing for his hometown club, Tala Rugby Club until 1987, when he moved to Italy playing for CUS Roma Rugby in the 1987-88 season, then for Rugby Roma Olimpic between 1988 and 1995. From 1995, he returned to CUS Roma Rugby, where he started as player-coach, between 1998 and 2001 he moved to Unione Rugby Capitolina and then, for Castel San Pietro, being player-coach in both clubs. Torres retired in the 2003 season.Torres was called in the Argentina national rugby union team during the 1987 Rugby World Cup, but never saw action.