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.