Pablo Martin Gambarini (born 5 May 1980) is an Argentine former professional

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player who played as a hooker. Born in

Tucumán Province Tucumán () is the most densely populated, and the second-smallest by land area, of the provinces of Argentina. Located in the northwest of the country, the province has the capital of San Miguel de Tucumán, often shortened to Tucumán. Neigh ...

, he played for

Universitario Rugby Club de Tucumán Universitario Rugby Club is an Argentine sports institution for women's field hockey and men's rugby based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán. As a rugby team, it is a member of the Unión de Rugby de Tucumán, which in turn belongs to the ...

before joining

Club Atlético San Isidro The Club Atlético de San Isidro (mostly known for its acronym CASI) is an Argentine sports club based in the city of San Isidro in Greater Buenos Aires. Originally established as a football club, San Isidro has gained recognition for its rugby ...

(CASI) at the age of 9. He came up through the age grades before breaking into the first team. He was named as the club's player of the year, taking all sports into account, in 2006. He received his first call-up to the Argentina national team in April 2006 ahead of two tests against

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and one against

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that June. He made his debut in the second test against Wales, coming on for

Mario Ledesma Mario Ledesma Arocena (born 17 May 1973 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby union coach and a former international rugby player. He played in Argentina's successful 2007 Rugby World Cup campaign and had a professional playing career in France s ...

for the last five minutes. His next appearance came in a

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qualifying match against

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

on 1 July 2006; after coming off the bench, he scored one of Argentina's 10 tries in a 60–13 win. He made another substitute appearance in the 26–0 win over

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

the following week, which saw Argentina not only qualify for the

, but also win the 2006 South American Rugby Championship "A". He made his first start for Argentina in the second test against

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on 2 June 2007, before retaining the number 2 jersey against Italy a week later. He missed out on selection for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and only made two more starts for Argentina, both for a weakened side in the South American Rugby Championship, against Chile in 2007 and 2008. Those came either side of a substitute appearance in the second test against Scotland in Rosario in June 2008.

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