Diego Dominguez (born 25 April 1966) is a former

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. After playing a couple of matches for

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, he spent the vast majority of his career with the

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, winning 74

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for the latter. In 1988, Dominguez toured France with the Argentine national team, and in 1989 he scored 27 points in two games for Argentina against Chile and Paraguay. Because of the little opportunities, he decided that he would turn to Italy, his grandmother's homeland. After the tour with Argentina, he played for a year in France, and then moved to

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in Italy. Dominguez then made his Italian debut in March 1991 against

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. Dominguez played for the ''Azzurri'' at

in three world cups in 1991, 1995 and 1999. He is one of only eight players (

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and Florin Vlaicu) in history to have scored more than 1,000 international points. In 1997 he moved to

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and was part of the French champions' 1998 side. Stade also reached the final of the

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in 2001 but despite Dominguez kicking 30 points, they lost to

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. He announced his retirement in 2000 but was persuaded to return as there was no heir apparent. He played his last game for Italy on 22 February 2003 against

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Honours

* French Rugby Union Championship/Top 14: 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2003–04

References

External links

Planet-Rugby Argentina statsPlanet-rugby stats for Italy and biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dominguez, Diego 1966 births Living people Rugby union players from Córdoba, Argentina Italian rugby union players Italy international rugby union players Argentine rugby union players Argentina international rugby union players Rugby union fly-halves Italian sportspeople of Argentine descent Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Stade Français Paris players 1991 Rugby World Cup players 1995 Rugby World Cup players 1999 Rugby World Cup players Italian expatriate rugby union players Argentine expatriate rugby union players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in France Italian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate rugby union players in France Amatori Rugby Milano players