Tiago Girão Explained

Birth Name:Tiago Menezes Girão
Birth Date:30 November 1984
Birth Place:Lisbon
Height:1.87 m
Weight:101 kg
Ru Position:Flanker
Repyears1:2006–2014
Repcaps1:42
Reppoints1:14

Tiago Maria Menezes Vilhena Girão (born 30 November 1984 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a flanker. He played for CDUL in Portugal, moving to CRC Madrid Noroeste, in Spain, for the season of 2007/08. He returned to CDUL at 2008/09.

He holds 42 caps for Portugal, since his first match, in 2006, with 2 tries, 3 conversions, and 1 penalty scored, 19 points in aggregate. Girão played three times at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, in the matches with New Zealand, Italy and Romania, without scoring.[1]

He also played at the 2009 Sevens World Cup in Dubai.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/player/15118.html Tiago Girão International Statistics