Adérito Assunção Tiny Glória Esteves (born Sampriz, Ponte da Barca, 8 October 1985) is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a wing.
Date of birth | October 8, 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 234 lb (106 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Esteves has played for Rugby Clube de Oeiras, AEIS Agronomia and Grupo Desportivo Direito, in Portugal, winning four titles of National Champion for the "Lawyers" team in 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2012/13.
Esteves has 34 caps for Portugal, since his first game, a 17-37 loss to Russia, in Lisbon, for the IRB Nations Cup, at 13 June 2006. He wasn't called for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, but has been a regular player for the "Lobos" since then. He has 3 tries scored, 15 points on aggregate for his national team.[1]
Esteves is one of the best players for the Sevens national side.
References
editExternal links
edit- Aderito Esteves at ESPNscrum
- Aderito Esteves at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)