Matías Agüero (born 13 February 1981 in San Nicolás) is an

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player who plays as a

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for

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. Agüero was also part of the team that played in the 2007 Rugby World Cup, which he played one game against Portugal . For a year that was his last appearance for the national team before the call of the new

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coach,

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, during the test match autumn of 2008 and, thereafter, the tour summer 2009 in Australasia. After the dissolution of

Aironi Aironi Rugby (, "herons") was an Italian professional rugby union team competing in the Pro12 and the Heineken Cup, representing the Italian regions of Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna. It lost its status as a regional side at the end of the 2011–12 ...

, Agüero joined the new Italian franchise

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. On 12 November 2015, Aguero was signed by English club

for the remainder of the 2015-16

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season.

References

External links

Leicester Tigers Profile
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Profile at ercrugby.com
1981 births Living people Rugby union props Sportspeople from San Nicolás de los Arroyos Rugby union players from Buenos Aires Province Argentine rugby union players Italian rugby union players Aironi players Saracens F.C. players Argentine emigrants to Italy Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Italy international rugby union players Zebre Parma players Leicester Tigers players 2007 Rugby World Cup players 2015 Rugby World Cup players Provence Rugby players Italian expatriate rugby union players in France Italian expatriate rugby union players in England {{Italy-rugbyunion-bio-stub