Santiago Álvarez Fourcade (born 17 January 1994) is an Argentine professional rugby union footballer who plays as a centre for Argentina club CASI. At international honors he has been capped three times in 2013 for the Argentina national rugby union team. In his early career, he was selected to play in the 2013 and 2014 IRB Junior World Championship for Argentina and took part in the Argentina XV, the second national team in Argentina.
Full name | Santiago Álvarez Fourcade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1994-02-17) 17 February 1994 (age 28) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bahía Blanca, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 93 kg (205 lb; 14 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In rugby sevens, Álvarez made is World Rugby Sevens Series debut in Dubai in 2013. He has also medaled at both the 2015 and 2019 Pan American Games, played at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, and competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Álvarez was also called up by Super Rugby franchise the Jaguares for the 2017 and 2018 Super Rugby competitions. However, he did not make any appearances.[7]
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Coach | Santiago Gómez Cora |
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