Manuel Contepomi | |
Birth Date: | 20 August 1977 |
Birth Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Height: | 1.870NaN0 |
Weight: | 900NaN0 |
Ru Position: | Centre |
Ru Amateuryears: | 1996-2005, 2007-2008 |
Ru Amateurclubs: | Newman |
Ru Amupdate: | 11 July 2014 |
Ru Nationalteam: | Argentina |
Ru Nationalyears: | 1998-2007 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 32 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (35) |
Ru Ntupdate: | 11 July 2014 |
Ru Clubyears: | 2005-2006 2006-2007 |
Ru Clubupdate: | 11 July 2014 |
Repsevensyears1: | 1997-2002 |
Repsevensteam1: | Argentina |
Repsevenscomp1: | 10 |
Ru Sevensupdate: | 11 July 2014 |
Relatives: | Felipe Contepomi (twin brother) |
School: | Colegio Cardenal Newman (Buenos Aires) |
Manuel Contepomi (born 20 August 1977 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He started playing rugby at his secondary school, Colegio Cardenal Newman, and currently plays for Club Newman in the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires competition. He has also made numerous appearances for the Argentina national team. He is the twin brother of fellow Argentine rugby international Felipe Contepomi.
He formerly played for Bristol in the Guinness Premiership and Rovigo in Italy.
Contepomi played for the national under-19 and under-21 Argentina sides in the early years of his career. After making his international debut for Argentina in 1998, he was included in the 1999 Rugby World Cup squad for Wales. He made his second World Cup appearance at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, and his third at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, in France, where Argentina finished in 3rd place.