Santiago García Botta
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Santiago García Botta (born 19 June 1992 in
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...
) is an Argentine rugby union player. He plays as a prop.


Career

He played at
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at the
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. He moved to
Stade Français Stade Français Paris (known commonly as Stade Français, ) is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French ...
, returning afterwards to Argentina to play for the
Pampas XV Pampas XV is an Argentine professional rugby union team that currently competes in Super Rugby Americas.Argentina Jaguars. He played at the 2015 World Rugby Nations Cup, where the Jaguars were runners-up. He won 34 caps for
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, with one try scored, over a five year international career. His first game was at the 85–10 win over
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, at 1 May 2013, in
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, for the
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qualifyings. He scored a try in his international debut. He was a late call up for the Pumas in the
2015 Rugby World Cup The IRB 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was ...
, haven been called up on 29 October the day before the Bronze final against South Africa. He came on during the 77th minute of the game. In 2019 he joined English club Harlequins. He was a replacement in the Premiership final against Exeter on 26 June 2021 as Harlequins won the game 40-38 in the highest scoring Premiership final ever.


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* 1992 births Living people Argentine rugby union players Argentina international rugby union players Jaguares (Super Rugby) players 21st-century Argentine sportsmen Rugby union props Rugby union players from Buenos Aires Stade Français Paris players Argentine expatriate rugby union players in France 2015 Rugby World Cup players Harlequin F.C. players Argentine expatriate rugby union players in England {{argentina-rugbyunion-bio-stub