Ignacio Calles (born 24 October 1995) is an Argentinian
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player, currently playing for
Top 14
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side
Pau. His preferred position is
prop
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.
Amateur career
Calles started playing rugby at Los Cardos in Tandil, Argentina. After a few years he move to Buenos Aires and played in
Liceo Naval (rugby)
Centro de Gradudados del Liceo Naval Militar, or simply Liceo Naval, is an Argentine sports club formed by graduates from Liceo Naval "Almirante Brown" (Almirante Brown Naval High School), one of the two educative institutions of the Argentine Nav ...
until 2016 where he signed a contract Section Paloise, the representative team of the city of Pau.
Professional career
Calles signed a new deal with Pau in October 2020, having originally joined the side in 2018. He was named in the Argentinian squad for the
2020 Tri Nations Series
The 2020 Tri Nations Series was the seventeenth edition of the annual southern hemisphere competition, involving Argentina, Australia and New Zealand. On 16 October 2020, 2019 Rugby Championship winners and 2019 Rugby World Cup champions South Af ...
in October 2020.
References
External links
itsrugby.co.uk Profile
1995 births
Living people
Argentine rugby union players
Section Paloise players
Rugby union props
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