Santiago Álvarez Fourcade[a] (born 17 January 1994) is an Argentine professional rugby union footballer who plays as a centre for Argentina club CASI. At international honors, he was 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.
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| Full name | Santiago Álvarez Fourcade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 17 February 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 his 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]
Álvarez led Argentina at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[8][9]
Notes
edit- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Álvarez and the second or maternal family name is Fourcade.
References
edit- ^ "Rio Olympics: Team squads for the 7s". skysports.com. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Argentina Rugby Sevens Squad for Rio 2016 Olympics". rio2016olympicsonline.com. 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ Waqa, Jovilisi (16 July 2016). "Argentina Olympics Sevens Squad Unveiled". Last Word on Sports. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Argentina Target Gold with Strong Olympics Roster". Americas Rugby News. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ Korir, Patrick (16 July 2016). "Argentina announces Rio 7s squad". ragahouse.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "ALVAREZ Santiago". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Plantel para la Temporada 2017" (Press release) (in Spanish). Jaguares. 4 January 2017. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "Argentina Roster for Paris 2024 Olympic Games". Americas Rugby News. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Argentina - Rugby Sevens Olympic Games Paris 2024". world.rugby. 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
External links
edit- Santiago Álvarez at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Santiago Álvarez at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Santiago Álvarez at Olympics.com
- Santiago Álvarez at Olympic.org (archived)
- Santiago Álvarez at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Santiago Álvarez at Olympedia
- Santiago Álvarez at the Comité Olímpico Argentino (in Spanish)
- Santiago Alvarez at Unión Argentina de Rugby at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 March 2016)
