Tiago Girão
| Birth name | Tiago Menezes Girão | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | November 30, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lisbon | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 101 kg (223 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Tiago Maria Menezes Vilhena Girão (born 30 November 1984 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a flanker.
He played for CDUL in Portugal, moving to CRC Madrid Noroeste, in Spain, for the season of 2007/08. He returned to CDUL at 2008/09.
He holds 42 caps for Portugal, since his first match, in 2006, with 2 tries, 3 conversions, and 1 penalty scored, 19 points in aggregate. Girão played three times at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, in the matches with New Zealand, Italy and Romania, without scoring.[1]
He also played at the 2009 Sevens World Cup in Dubai.
References
External links
- Tiago Girão at ESPNscrum
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