Gonzalo Quesada is an Argentine rugby

Rugby football

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 player.

Biography

He was born May 2, 1974 in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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, Argentina

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. He won 39 caps

Cap (sport)

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 playing at Fly-half for the Argentinian rugby union side

Argentina national rugby union team

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 between 1996 and 2003. He made his test debut at the age of 22 against the United States

United States national rugby union team

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 the 14 September 1996. He won his final cap the 26 October 2003 during the 2003 Rugby World Cup

2003 Rugby World Cup

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 against Ireland

Ireland national rugby union team

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. Argentina lost the match but Quesada scored 12 of Argentinas 15 points. He was the top points scorer at the 1999 Rugby World Cup

1999 Rugby World Cup

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 in Wales

Wales

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, scoring 102 points. The English media nicknamed him Speedy Gonzalo

Speedy Gonzales

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due to the extraordinary length of time he took preparing to take kicks at goal.

Before the 1999 Rugby World Cup he played for Hindú Club

Hindú Club

Hindú Club founded in 1919, is a sports club based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mostly known for its rugby union team , the club hosts other activities such as soccer, tennis, golf and bridge.-History:...

 in Argentina alongside the Fernández Miranda brothers Nicolas

Nicolás Fernández Miranda

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 and Juan. After kicking 102 points at the 1999 Rugby World Cup (and finishing top point scorer of the entire tournament) he was invited to play for Racing Club de Narbonne Méditerannée in France. He left Narbonne in 2002 to sign for another French club, AS Béziers Hérault

AS Béziers Hérault

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 he then played for Stade Français with compatriots Pichot

Agustín Pichot

Agustín Pichot is a retired Argentine rugby union player, formerly captain of the Argentine team and the English club Bristol. In addition to Bristol, he played for French sides Stade Français and Racing Métro after leaving Argentine team CASI from San Isidro in 1997...

, Corleto

Ignacio Corleto

Ignacio Corleto is an Argentine Rugby Union footballer who plays Fullback position. He began his rugby career in the local Club Universitario de Buenos Aires . After the 1999 Rugby World Cup he migrated into professional rugby and signed with French club Narbonne...

 and Hernández

Juan Martín Hernández

Juan Martín Hernández is an Argentine rugby union player. A mainstay of the Argentina national team, he currently plays for the Paris club Racing Métro in the French Top 14 competition. His 2010 move to Racing brought him back to the city where he had begun his professional career in 2003 with...

.

In 2005 he left Stade to join Pau

Section Paloise

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 but the club were relegated and he soon joined Toulon

RC Toulonnais

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. In 2007 he returned to his former club Hindú.

External links

• Gonzalo Quesada - Official Site
• Gonzalo Quesada - Gonzalo Quesada - Wales 1999
• RWC 2003 profile