Matías Albina (born 26 March 1975) is an Argentine former international rugby union player.
| Date of birth | 26 March 1975 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | La Plata, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in La Plata, Albina was capped 10 times as a scrum-half for the Pumas from 2001 to 2005. He also represented Argentina in rugby sevens and captained Argentina "A" at the 2005 Churchill Cup.[1]
Albina's career included stints with CS Bourgoin-Jallieu in France and English club Plymouth Albion.[2]
In 2011, Albina was in the Los Pumitas coaching team for the Junior World Championship in Italy.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Argentina stuns NZ in US Sevens". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 February 2004.
- ^ "BBC - Essex - Sport - Barking look for progress". BBC News. 29 August 2006.
- ^ "Albina habló con Scrum del desafío Pumita". ESPN.com.ar (in Spanish). 5 January 2011.
External links
edit- Matías Albina at ESPNscrum