Paulo Murinello

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Paulo Murinello
Rugby union career
Date of birth	(1981-12-28) December 28, 1981
Place of birth	Mozambique
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb; 13.1 st)
Playing career
Position	Flanker
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1993-2007	Portugal	54	(10)

Paulo Murinello (born Mozambique, 4 May 1974) is a former Portuguese rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a flanker. He last played for Cascais. He's also a student of Sport Gestion at the Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, in Lisbon.

Murinello had 54 caps for Portugal, from 1993 to 2007, scoring 2 try, 10 points in aggregate. He scored the only Portuguese try in the 11-102 loss to Wales, in Lisbon, at 18 May 1994, for the 1995 Rugby World Cup qualifyings.^[1] It was the first time Portugal ever played a then Five Nations Championship country. Murinello was in the squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, playing in all the four matches.

References

↑ Report of Portugal-Wales Match

External links

Paulo Murinello International Statistics
Paulo Murinello blog (Portuguese)

v t e Portugal squad – 2007 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Cordeiro Correia Coutinho d'Orey Ferreira (vc) Figueiredo Girão Murré Murinello Palha Penalva Severino Silva Spachuck G. Uva J. Uva V. Uva (c)

Backs	Aguilar Cabral Carvalho Foro Gama Leal Malheiro Da. Mateus Di. Mateus D.C. Pinto J. Pinto Pissarra Portela Sousa

Coach	Morais

Persondata
Name	Murinello, Paulo
Alternative names
Short description	Portuguese rugby union player
Date of birth	4 May 1974
Place of birth	Mozambique
Date of death
Place of death

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