Pedro Sporleder
Encyclopedia
Pedro Luis Sporleder is a former rugby union
footballer and currently businessman from Argentina
.
He played for the Argentina national rugby union team
(Argentina) on 77 occasions, scoring 12 tries.
He represented "Los Pumas" at a record four Rugby World Cup
tournaments in 1991
, 1995
, 1999
and 2003
.
Sporleder played his club rugby for Curupaytí in Argentina
until 2007, year of his retirement.
Apart from rugby, he runs a Big Real Estate Company in Punta del Este, Uruguay "X Group" ( www.pueblomio.com.uy )
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
footballer and currently businessman from Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
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He played for the Argentina national rugby union team
Argentina national rugby union team
The Argentina national rugby team, nicknamed Los Pumas, represents Argentina in international rugby union matches. The team, which plays in sky blue and white jerseys, is organised by the Argentine Rugby Union .Argentina played its first international rugby match in 1910 against a touring British...
(Argentina) on 77 occasions, scoring 12 tries.
He represented "Los Pumas" at a record four Rugby World Cup
Rugby World Cup
The Rugby World Cup is an international rugby union competition organised by the International Rugby Board and held every four years since 1987....
tournaments in 1991
1991 Rugby World Cup
The 1991 Rugby World Cup was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup, and was jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France; at that time, the five European countries that participated in the Five Nations Championship making it the first Rugby World Cup to be staged in the...
, 1995
1995 Rugby World Cup
The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted and won by South Africa, and was the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country....
, 1999
1999 Rugby World Cup
The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, and the first to be held in rugby union's professional era. The principal host nation was Wales, although the majority of matches were played outside the country, shared between England, France, Scotland and Ireland...
and 2003
2003 Rugby World Cup
The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup and was won by England. Originally planned to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the New Zealand Rugby Football Union and Rugby World...
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Sporleder played his club rugby for Curupaytí in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
until 2007, year of his retirement.
Apart from rugby, he runs a Big Real Estate Company in Punta del Este, Uruguay "X Group" ( www.pueblomio.com.uy )