Ramiro Pez (born 6 December 1978 in

Córdoba, Argentina Córdoba () is a city in central Argentina, in the foothills of the Punilla Valley, Sierras Chicas on the Primero River, Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province, Argentina, Córdoba Province a ...

) is an

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footballer who normally plays at

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. In 2008-09, he joined the newly promoted French

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club

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, having been signed from Venezia Mestre in the Italian

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competition. He made his international debut with the Italian national team on 8 July 2000, in a match against

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, scoring 9 points in the game. Pez played with the National team both with Brad Johnstone and John Kirwan, but he did not take part to the 2003 World Cup. Back with the Italian team for the 2005 tour in Australia and Argentina, Ramiro Pez gave his fundamental contribution for the first Italian win against Argentina (30-29). Pez played for La Tablada in his hometown of Córdoba. The club won the title in November 2000, scoring all his teams' points in a 23-22 victory over Duendes Rosario. He went on to join Italian club Rugby Roma. He scored 122 points and 6 tries in 19 Serie A appearances. This included an Italian Championship final win over L’Aquila in Rome in June 2000. He scored 20 points in the final. He then joined

Rotherham Rotherham () is a large minster and market town in South Yorkshire, England. The town takes its name from the River Rother which then merges with the River Don. The River Don then flows through the town centre. It is the main settlement of ...

club for the 2001-02 season and was their top points scorer with 202 points, as they won the National Division One title. It was here where he enjoyed some of his best years, breaking into the Italy team and gaining national and international acclaim. He spent the 2003-04 season with the

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. After playing with

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he joined French side

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. He played 13 matches that season with the Tigers, scoring 100 points for the club. After a poor 2008/09 season at Toulon he was released to make way for the likes of

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and

Felipe Contepomi Felipe Contepomi (born 20 August 1977) is an Argentine rugby coach who is currently the backs coach at Leinster Rugby. He was a rugby union footballer who played fly-half or centre; his last club was Club Newman, in the first division of the U ...

. He has since moved back to Argentina to play for his home side La Tablada.

References

External links

RBS 6 Nations profileRamiro Pez
on tigers.co.uk
Ramiro Pez Parts Ways with LeicesterRamiro Pez Joins As Fly Half Cover
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pez, Ramiro 1978 births Argentine rugby union players Bath Rugby players Italian people of Argentine descent Italian rugby union players Italy international rugby union players Leicester Tigers players Living people Sportspeople from Córdoba, Argentina Rotherham Titans players Rugby Roma Olimpic players Rugby union fly-halves USA Perpignan players