Matías Alemanno (born 5 December 1991) is an Argentine professional

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for

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and the Argentina national team.

Club career

He was a member of the Pampas XV squad for the

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and he also went on their tour of Australia in 2014. Alemanno was signed to play for until 2020 after which he moved to England to join

International career

Alemmano was a member of the Argentina Under-20 sides which competed in the

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s and later went on to play for Argentina's representative teams, the Jaguars and the Pampas XV. He made his senior debut for Los Pumas on 17 May 2014, scoring a try in Argentina's comfortable win over . He also played in the victory over a week later and played in all of his country's 3 matches during the

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series. In August 2014, he was named in the squad for the

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. Alemanno was a starter for the national team on 14 November 2020 in their first ever win against the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alemanno, Matias 1991 births Living people Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Sportspeople from Córdoba, Argentina Rugby union locks Pampas XV players Jaguares (Super Rugby) players Argentine rugby union players Argentina international rugby union players 2015 Rugby World Cup players 2019 Rugby World Cup players 2023 Rugby World Cup players