Birth Date: | 28 December 1981 |
Birth Place: | Mozambique |
Weight: | 83kg (183lb) |
Ru Position: | Flanker |
Repyears1: | 1993–2007 |
Repcaps1: | 54 |
Reppoints1: | 10 |
Paulo Murinello (born Mozambique, 4 May 1974) is a former Portuguese rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a flanker. He last played for Cascais. He's also an alumnus of Sports Management at the Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, in Lisbon.
Murinello had 54 caps for Portugal, from 1993 to 2007, scoring 2 try, 10 points in aggregate. He scored the only Portuguese try in the 11–102 loss to Wales, in Lisbon, at 18 May 1994, for the 1995 Rugby World Cup qualifyings.[1] It was the first time Portugal ever played a then Five Nations Championship nation. Murinello was in the squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, playing in all the four matches.