Manuel Contepomi (born 20 August 1977 in
Buenos Aires
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) is an
Argentine rugby union
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footballer. He started playing Rugby at his secondary school,
Colegio Cardenal Newman
Colegio Cardenal Newman or Cardinal Newman College is Catholic, bilingual, day, primary and secondary school for boys in San Isidro, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, in Greater Buenos Aires.
Values
All its students are expected to complete sev ...
, and currently plays for
Club Newman
Club Newman is an Argentine sports club located in the city of Benavídez of Tigre Partido, Greater Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its rugby union team, which currently plays in the Top 12, the first division of the Unión de Rugby de ...
in the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires competition. He has also made numerous appearances for the
Argentina national team. He is the twin brother of fellow Argentine rugby international
Felipe Contepomi.
He formerly played for
Bristol
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in the
Guinness Premiership and
Rovigo
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Geography
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in
Italy
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.
Contepomi played for the national under-19 and under-21 Argentina sides in the early years of his career. After making his international debut for Argentina in 1998, he was included in the
1999 Rugby World Cup squad for Wales. He made his second World Cup appearance at the
2003 Rugby World Cup
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in Australia, and is third at the
2007 Rugby World Cup, in France, where Argentina reached the 3rd place.
Facts
*Manuel Contepomi has received the prestigious
Olimpia de Plata for Rugby on two occasions, in 1998 and 2001.
External links
UAR profile!--The UAR publishes its player profiles in English, even though the rest of its site is in Spanish.-->
1999 RWC profileManuel Contepomi signs for the Bristol ShogunsUnión de Rugby de Buenos Aires
1977 births
Living people
Rugby union players from Buenos Aires
Argentine rugby union players
Bristol Bears players
Club Newman rugby union players
Rugby Rovigo Delta players
Rugby union centres
Argentine twins
Argentina international rugby union players
Twin sportspeople
Argentine expatriate rugby union players
Expatriate rugby union players in England
Expatriate rugby union players in Italy
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in England
Argentina international rugby sevens players
Male rugby sevens players
People educated at Colegio Cardenal Newman
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