Tiago Girão
Portuguese rugby union player
Rugby player
Birth name | Tiago Menezes Girão | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1984-11-30) 30 November 1984 (age 39) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Lisbon | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 101 kg (223 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Tiago Maria Menezes Vilhena Girão (born 30 November 1984 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a flanker.
He played for CDUL in Portugal, moving to CRC Madrid Noroeste, in Spain, for the season of 2007/08. He returned to CDUL at 2008/09.
He holds 42 caps for Portugal, since his first match, in 2006, with 2 tries, 3 conversions, and 1 penalty scored, 19 points in aggregate. Girão played three times at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, in the matches with New Zealand, Italy and Romania, without scoring.[1]
He also played at the 2009 Sevens World Cup in Dubai.
References
- ^ Tiago Girão International Statistics
External links
- Tiago Girão at ESPNscrum
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Portugal squad – 2007 Rugby World Cup
- Aguilar
- Cabral
- Carvalho
- Gama
- Leal
- Malheiro
- Da. Mateus
- Di. Mateus
- D. C. Pinto
- J. Pinto
- Pissarra
- Portela
- Sousa
Coach: Morais
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