Matías Agüero

Matías Agüero (born 13 February 1981 in San Nicolás) is an Italian Argentine rugby union player who plays as a prop for Leicester Tigers.

Matías Agüero

Birth name	Matías Agüero
Date of birth	(1981-02-13) 13 February 1981
Place of birth	San Nicolás, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	108 kg (17 st 0 lb; 238 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loosehead Prop Current team Leicester Tigers Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2001–02 Regatas San Nicolas () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2002–2004 2004–2007 2007–2010 2010–2012 2012–2015 2015–2016 2016−2018 Rovigo Viadana Saracens Aironi Zebre Leicester Tigers Provence - 25 46 28 52 7 24 - (10) (16) (0) (0) (0) (15) Correct as of 28 August 2015 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2011 2005–2015 Italy A Italy 3 39 (0) (5) Correct as of 11 October 2015

Agüero was also part of the team that played in the 2007 Rugby World Cup, which he played one game against Portugal . For a year that was his last appearance for the national team before the call of the new Italy coach, Nick Mallett, during the test match autumn of 2008 and, thereafter, the tour summer 2009 in Australasia.

After the dissolution of Aironi, Agüero joined the new Italian franchise Zebre. On 12 November 2015, Aguero was signed by English club Leicester Tigers for the remainder of the 2015-16 Aviva Premiership season.

External links

• Leicester Tigers Profile
• "Saracens profile". Archived from the original on 27 January 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
• Matías Agüero at ESPNscrum
• Profile at ercrugby.com