Fabián Turnes

Fabián Turnes
Date of birth January 12, 1965
Place of birth Buenos Aires
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Centre
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1984-1997  Argentina 29 (63)

Fabián Turnes (born Buenos Aires, 12 January 1965) is a former Argentinian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a centre.

Turnes played at Banco Nación, from 1983/84 to 1988/89, where he won two titles of Argentine Champion, in 1985/86 and 1988/89. He then would play for Amatori Rugby San Donà (1989/90), Cesena and Amatori Catania, in Italy, returning for two final seasons at Banco Nación, where he would end his career in 1997/98. He then started a coach career.

He had 29 caps for Argentina, from 1985 to 1997, scoring 63 points, 5 tries, 5 conversions, 10 penalties and 1 drop goal. He played two matches at the 1987 Rugby World Cup finals.

He was nominated, after the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, one of the head coaches of Argentina, with Santiago Phelan.

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Preceded by
Marcelo Loffreda
Argentina rugby union coach with Santiago Phelan
2008-2013
Succeeded by
Daniel Hourcade