Matías Orlando (born 14 November 1991 in Tucumán) is an Argentine professional rugby union player for Miami Sharks in the Major League Rugby. He plays as a wing and centre.
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| Date of birth | 14 November 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Concepción,Tucumán, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 207 lb (14 st 11 lb; 94 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Orlando plays for Miami Sharks in Major League Rugby since 2024. He previously played for Pampas XV, from 2012 to 2014, in the Vodacom Cup, and for the Jaguares in the Super Rugby from 2016 to 2020.
He has 41 caps for Argentina, since his first game at 40-5 win over Uruguay at 20 May 2012, for the South American Rugby Championship, in Santiago, Chile. He was called for the 2014 Rugby Championship but he never played. He has currently 2 tries scored, 10 points on aggregate.[1][2]
Orlando was a starter for the Argentina national team on 14 November 2020 in their first ever win against the All Blacks.[3]
References
edit- ^ Matías Orlando at UAR Official Website (Spanish) Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Matías Orlando International Statistics
- ^ "Argentina (16) 25 - 15 (3) New Zealand (FT)". ESPN. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
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