Juan José Imhoff (born 11 May 1988 in

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) is an

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footballer. He plays as a wing and fullback.

Club career

He played for

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, from 2009 to 2011, in the

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, which he won twice, in 2009 and 2011. He moved afterwards to

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in the French

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, where he has played since 2011/12. He was part of the

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, winning this tournament.

International career

He also played for

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. He has 35 caps for

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, since his first game at the 89-6 win over

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, at 20 May 2009, for the

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, in

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, where he scored 4 tries. He was also part of the Argentine squad at the

2011 Rugby World Cup The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Af ...

, playing in four games, three as a substitute, and scoring 2 tries, 10 points on aggregate. Imhoff has been a member of the Argentina squad that competed in the Rugby Championship in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Imhoff played at the

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, where Argentina reached the 3rd place, scoring 3 tries in the historical first ever win over

by 37-25, in

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. This historical feat made him one of the two top try scorers of the tournament with 3 tries and 15 points. Imhoff has currently 21 tries scored for his national team, in an aggregate of 105 points. He competed at the

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scoring 3 tries. Imhoff was also part of Argentina's Olympic sevens team for the

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. Imhoff returned to the Pumas for their first victory against the All Blacks of New Zealand, as part of the

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on November 14, 2020.

Honours

: 2015–16

References

External links

*
2011 Rugby World Cup Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Imhoff, Juan Jose 1988 births Living people Argentine rugby union players Rugby union wings Rugby union fullbacks Argentina international rugby sevens players Argentina international rugby union players Duendes Rugby Club players Racing 92 players Pampas XV players Argentine people of Swiss descent Argentine people of German descent Argentine expatriate rugby union players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate rugby union players in France Sportspeople from Rosario, Santa Fe Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players of Argentina