Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe (born 19 November 1981 in

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) is an

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footballer. He played for

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in the

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, having moved from

Sale Sharks Sale Sharks are a professional rugby union club from Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Its team play in Premiership Rugby, and have been in England's top division of rugby union continuously since 1995. Originally founded in 1861 as ...

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. He previously played for Liceo Naval. He usually plays in the back row. He made his debut for the Sale Sharks in 2006 against the

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. His debut season for the Sharks was the 2006–07 Guinness Premiership. He was Sale's first XV captain. He made his international debut for Argentina in 2004 against

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. He was a part of the Pumas team that defeated

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at home in a two Test series, scoring a try in one game. Fernández Lobbe featured in the side that defeated

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in November 2006 as well as back to back victories over

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the following year. He was an integral part of the Los Pumas team in their

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campaign, which succeeded in gaining Argentina's highest World Cup finish, third place. He played in every game en route to the semi-final, which they lost to the eventual champions of

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. He led his country for the first time in November 2008, a game which they lost at the hands of Ireland. However Fernández Lobbe retained the captaincy in the absence of

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and defeated England in front of their home crowd in 2009. He was part of the Argentine squad at the

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in New Zealand and

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in England. He was the captain of the Pumas, a position he took over after succeeding

. As captain, he played every game of the

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and four during the

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. He also played in the

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and

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Rugby Championships. He played at

RC Toulon Rugby Club Toulonnais (), also referred to as Rugby Club Toulon or simply Toulon, is a French professional rugby union club based in Toulon and competing in the Top 14. Located on the French Riviera, in the Provence region, the club plays its h ...

for nine seasons, between 2009 and 2018. Fernández Lobbe won the French

in 2014 and the

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in 2013, 2014 and 2015 with

Honours

Toulon

Winner: 2013-2014 *

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Winner:

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, 2013–14, 2014–15

Argentina

bronze medalist:

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References

External links

Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe
at UAR.com.ar
Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe
on salesharks.com
Profile at Toulon RC
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandez Lobbe, Juan Martin Argentine rugby union players 1981 births Living people Rugby union players from Buenos Aires Sale Sharks players Rugby union flankers Rugby union number eights RC Toulon players Argentine expatriate rugby union players in France 21st-century Argentine sportsmen Argentina international rugby union players Argentine expatriate rugby union players in England Argentina international rugby sevens players Barbarian F.C. players 2007 Rugby World Cup players 2011 Rugby World Cup players 2015 Rugby World Cup players