Gabriel Ascárate (born 20 October 1987) is an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

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footballer who played as a

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for

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in the

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Career

Ascárate started his career in his homeland playing for both

Club Natación y Gimnasia Club Natación y Gimnasia is a rugby union and field hockey club from San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Founded in 1930 as a multi-sports club, Natación y Gimnasia is registered with the Unión de Rugby de Tucumán. Despite its name, swimming (s ...

in his hometown of

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and later the

Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club, sometimes known simply as Buenos Aires, is an Argentine sports club based in San Fernando, Buenos Aires. Having set its official date of foundation on 8 December 1864, the club claims to be the oldest club sti ...

. He also represented the

Pampas XV Pampas XV is an Argentine professional rugby union team that currently competes in Super Rugby Americas.South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

Vodacom Cup The Vodacom Cup was an annual rugby union competition in South Africa. Annual Vodacom Cup competitions were played between its inaugural season in 1998 and 2015 and was contested between February and May each year. The Vodacom Cup was the succes ...

between 2010 and 2012 before moving abroad to join French side

US Carcassonne Union Sportive Carcassonnaise are a French rugby union club based in Carcassonne. US Carcassonne currently compete in the Pro D2 of French rugby. The club was established in 1899. They play in black and yellow colours and at the Stade Albert Dom ...

for the 2012–13 season. He made 18 appearances in France before moving north in July 2013 to join

. He was released by

in February 2014 after being ruled out from 'contact rugby' for 6 months.

International career

He made his senior debut for

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against

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in May 2007 and to date he has amassed 8 caps and scored 2 tries. He is also a former Pumas Sevens player, making 5 appearances in the

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between 2008 and 2011.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ascarate, Gabriel 1987 births Living people Rugby union centres Pampas XV players Glasgow Warriors players Sportspeople from San Miguel de Tucumán Argentine rugby union players Argentina international rugby union players Male rugby sevens players Argentine expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in Scotland Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate rugby union players in France Argentine expatriate sportspeople in France Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Rugby sevens players at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Jaguares (Super Rugby) players Yacare XV players US Carcassonne players