Alberto Vernet Basualdo

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Alberto Vernet Basualdo
Personal information
Date of birth June 8, 1982 (1982-06-08) (age 26)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 109 kg (17 st 2 lb)
Nickname Oso (Bear)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Hooker
Clubs Caps (points)
2007-present
2002-2007		 Toulouse
Alumni		 0 (0)
National team(s)    
2004-present Argentina 6 (0)

Alberto Vernet Basualdo (born June 8, 1982 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentinean rugby union player. His position is hooker. He started playing in Buenos Aires team Asociación Alumni and currently plays for Toulouse, from France; he also plays for the Argentine national rugby team, his debut for Los Pumas was on December 4, 2004.

In 2005 he suffered a career threatening neck injury displacing the 5th vertebra and the Intervertebral disc, but he recovered and was selected to represent Argentina at the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Up to the world cup he played for Alumni in Argentina, but he will join Toulouse after the end of the tournament.

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