Nicolás Sánchez (rugby union)

Nicolás Sánchez
Full name Federico Nicolás Sánchez
Date of birth October 26, 1988
Place of birth San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 83 kg (13 st 1 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Fly-half
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2011
2011–2014
2014–
Pampas XV
Bordeaux
Toulon
9
33
12
(71)
(138)
(84)
correct as of 14 March 2015.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2007
2008
2009–10
2010–
Argentina U19
Argentina U20
Argentina Jaguars
Argentina
6
3
15
30
(35)
(0)
(68)
(230)
correct as of 23 November 2014.

Federico Nicolás Sánchez (born October 26, 1988), is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He plays as a fly-half.

He played for Pampas XV in the Vodacom Cup. He moved to Bordeaux in the Top 14 in France, where he played from 2011/12 to 2013/14. He plays for RC Toulonnais since 2014/15.

He has 27 caps for Argentina, since his debut at 21 May 2010, in a win over Uruguay, in Santiago, Chile. He has 2 tries, 25 conversions, 44 penalties and 5 drop goals scored, 207 points in aggregate. He participated at the 2011 Rugby World Cup where he played in one match, without scoring.[1] He has been playing at The Rugby Championship, since the admission of the "Pumas" in 2012, counting currently 24 games, with 9 conversions and 23 penalties scored, 87 points in aggregate, in three presences at the competition.[2] He was the top scorer of the 2014 Rugby Championship with 54 points.

References

  1. "Profile". Official Rugby World Cup Site. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  2. Nicolás Sánchez International Statistics

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