André Lourenço da Silva (born 9 February 1975) is a French-born Portuguese
rugby union player, who plays as a
prop. Born in
Paris, he had his debut in French rugby for
Racing Club de France, aged 17.
He already played for
RC Orléans
Rugby club Orléans is a semi-professional French rugby union team, from Orléans. They currently play at Fédérale 1.
German players
The club has recently provided a number of players for the Germany national rugby union team with Alexander Widi ...
,
CA Périgueux
Club Athlétique Périgueux Dordogne (also known as just CA Périgourdin) is a French rugby union club that currently competes in the second division of French club rugby, the Pro D2 competition. Périgueux played in the higher divisions in the ea ...
,
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu is a French rugby union club currently competing in the third level of the French league system, Nationale.
The club have been runners-up in the French championship and the French Cup competitions, and have won the Challen ...
,
RC Toulon and
RC Nîmes. He played for
Stade Montois, for the season of 2007/08, and plays for RC Carqueiranne-Hyères, since 2008/09.
He chose to represent
Portugal, having his debut the same year, at 10 March 2007, with
Uruguay, in a 12-5, at the repechage for the
Rugby World Cup qualifying. He was on the squad that went to
2007 Rugby World Cup
The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 2 ...
finals, playing two matches, being the last one with
Italy, at a 31–5 loss. He had five games without scoring for the Portuguese squad by the end of the tournament, and has been absent from the national team since.
External links
André Silva International Statistics
References
1975 births
Living people
Rugby union players from Paris
Citizens of Portugal through descent
Portuguese rugby union players
French rugby union players
French people of Portuguese descent
Rugby union props
Portugal international rugby union players
CA Périgueux players
Stade Montois Rugby players
RC Toulon players
Racing 92 players
RC Orléans players
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu players
USA Limoges players
2007 Rugby World Cup players
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