Miguel Ángel Frechilla Manrique (born

Valladolid Valladolid () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and de facto capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the province o ...

, February 1, 1974) is a Spanish rugby union player. He plays as a fullback. He is nicknamed ''Mathaus'' due to his physical likeness to the German footballer

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Career

His first international cap was during a match against Portugal, at Murrayfield, on December 2, 1998. He was part of the

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roster, playing all the three matches. His last international cap was against Georgia, at Tbilisi, on February 22, 2003.

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* 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Valladolid Spanish rugby union players Rugby union fullbacks Spain international rugby union players 1999 Rugby World Cup players {{Spain-rugbyunion-bio-stub