Ramiro Pez

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Ramiro Pez (born 6 January 1978 in Córdoba, Argentina) is an Argentine-Italian rugby union footballer. His usual position is at fly half. He currently plays for USA Perpignan in the French Top 14 competition. He has also played for the Italian national team.

Pez played for La Tablada in his hometown of Cordoba. The club won the title in November of 2000, scoring all his teams' points in a 23-22 victory over Duendes Rosario. He went onto join Italian club Rugby Roma. He scored 122 points and 6 tries in 19 Serie A appearances. This included an Italian Championship final win over L’Aquila in Rome in June of 2000. He scored 20 points in the final. He then joined Rotherham for the 2001-02 season and was their top points scorer with 202 points, as they won the National Division One title.

He spent the 2003-04 season with the Leicester Tigers. After playing with Bath he joined French side USA Perpignan. He played 13 matches that seaon with the Tigers , scoring 100 points for the club. Pez made his international debut for Italy in June of 2000 in a match against Samoa in Apia, scoring 9 points in the game.