Pablo Arturo Garretón (born 26 June 1966 in San Miguel de Tucumán) is a former Argentine rugby union player. He played as a flanker. His father was a rugby fan and took him to Tucumán Lawn Tennis when he was only 7 years old, in 1973. A domestic accident made him quit but he would come back to

Universitario Rugby Club de Tucumán Universitario Rugby Club is an Argentine sports institution for women's field hockey and men's Rugby union, 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 belon ...

in 1976, where he spent most of his career. He had his debut for the first team in 1983/84, aged 17 years old, and he stayed there until 1991/92. He moved to

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in 1992 to work in the Italian Hospital. For that reason he moved to

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and later played for

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. He won the URBA tournament in 1997/98. He had 31 caps for

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, from 1987 to 1993, scoring 2 tries, 8 points on aggregate. He was called for the

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, where he was the captain and played in three games, without scoring. He was the first captain of the "Pumas" from outside Buenos Aires.Pablo Garretón International Statistics
/ref> He was also President of the Universitario Rugby Club de Tucumán.

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* 1966 births Living people Argentine rugby union players Argentina international rugby union players Rugby union flankers Universitario Rugby Club de Tucumán players Hindú Club players Sportspeople from San Miguel de Tucumán Rugby union players from Tucumán Province 1991 Rugby World Cup players {{argentina-rugbyunion-bio-stub