Luís Pissarra Explained

Birth Date:5 October 1975
Birth Place:Lisbon
Height:1.71 m
Weight:73kg (161lb)
Ru Position:Scrum-half
Repyears1:1996–2007
Repcaps1:73
Reppoints1:0

Luís Eduardo Pissarra (born 5 October 1975) is a Portuguese former rugby union player of Argentine descent. He played as a scrum-half for AEIS Agronomia, with whom he won the Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock in 2006–07.

Pissarra has 73 caps for the Portugal national team, from 1996 to 2007. He was the vice-captain of the Portugal squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, where he played in all four games. He left the national team after the 8–23 loss to Romania, on 1 December 2007, aged 32, in a match where he was the captain. He never scored during his international career.

He is currently one of the national team's assistant coaches.