Mariano Gabriel Lombardi (born 19 August 1968, in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

) is an Argentine former rugby union player. He played as a Second Row. He played for

Asociación Alumni Asociación Alumni, usually just Alumni, is an Argentine rugby union club located in Tortuguitas, Greater Buenos Aires. The senior squad currently competes at Top 12, the first division of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires league system. Th ...

in the

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. He was called for

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for the

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, but would be the only player never to be capped by the "Pumas".Mariano Lombardi at ESPN
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1968 births Argentine rugby union players Asociación Alumni players Rugby union players from Buenos Aires Living people 1991 Rugby World Cup players {{argentina-rugbyunion-bio-stub