Matías Alemanno Explained

Matías Alemanno
Birth Date:5 December 1991
Birth Place:Córdoba, Argentina
Height:1.980NaN0[1]
Weight:1120NaN0
Position:Lock
Currentclub:Gloucester
Years1:2013–2015
Clubs1:Pampas XV
Apps1:9
Points1:0
Years2:2016−2020
Clubs2:Jaguares
Apps2:46
Points2:20
Years3:2020−
Clubs3:Gloucester
Apps3:57
Points3:50
Repyears1:2009−2010
Repteam1:Argentina U19
Repcaps1:4
Reppoints1:5
Repyears2:2010−2011
Repteam2:Argentina U20
Repcaps2:13
Reppoints2:0
Repyears3:2012−2013
Repteam3:Argentina Jaguars
Repcaps3:9
Reppoints3:0
Repyears4:2014−
Repteam4:Argentina
Repcaps4:97
Reppoints4:25
Clubupdate:28 August 2023
Repupdate:28 August 2023

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]

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 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 . He also played in the victory over 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 national team on 14 November 2020 in their first ever win against the All Blacks.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Matías Alemanno player profile. rugbyworldcup.com. 21 October 2023.
  2. Web site: Matías Alemanno ESPN Scrum Player Profile . ESPN . 16 August 2014.
  3. Web site: Matías Alemanno itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics . itsrugby.co.uk . 16 August 2014.
  4. Web site: 2020-07-14. Gloucester Rugby secure signing of Argentina international Matías Alemanno. 2020-07-14. Gloucester Rugby. en-US.
  5. Web site: Matías Alemanno IRB JWC Player Profile . IRB.com . 16 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083109/http://it.irb.com/jwc/teams/team=3222/player=39417/index.html . 19 August 2014 . dead .
  6. Web site: Pumas squad for the Rugby Championship . Sanzar Rugby . 4 August 2014 . 16 August 2014.
  7. Web site: Argentina (16) 25 - 15 (3) New Zealand (FT). ESPN. 1 December 2020.