Ramiro Pez

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Ramiro Pez
Personal information
Full name Ramiro Pez
Date of birth 6 December 1978 (1978-12-06) (age 29)
Place of birth Córdoba, Argentina
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight 13 st 5 lbs (85 kg)
Club information
Position(s) Fly-half
Current club Venezia Mestre
Number 10
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)

2000 ‐ 02
2001 ‐ 03
2003 ‐ 04
2005
2005
2005 ‐ 06
2006 ‐ 07
2007 ‐
La Tablada
Rugby Roma
Rotherham
Leicester Tigers
Bath Rugby
Castres Olympique
USA Perpignan
Aviron Bayonnais
Venezia Mestre

19 (122)
?? (466)
13 (100)
Representative teams
2000 ‐ Italy 40

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Ramiro Pez (born 6 December 1978 in Córdoba, Argentina) is an Argentine-Italian rugby union footballer. His usual position is at fly half. He currently plays for Venezia Mestre in the Italian Super 10 competition.

He made his international debut with the Italian national team on the 8th July 2000, in a match against Samoa in Apia, scoring 9 points in the game.

Pez played with the National team both with Brad Johnstone and John Kirwan, but he didn't take part to the 2003 World Cup. Back with the Italian team for the 2005 tour in Australia and Argentina, Ramiro Pez gave his fundamental contribution for the first Italian win against Argentina (30-29).

Pez played for La Tablada in his hometown of Córdoba. 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 season with the Tigers , scoring 100 points for the club.

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