Tiago Girão
Appearance
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 Menezes Girão (born Lisbon, 30 November 1984) is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a flanker. He is an architect by profession and is currently pursuing MBA at IE Business School.
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 39 caps for Portugal, since his first match, in 2006, with 1 try scored, 5 points in aggregate. Girão played three times at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, in the matches with New Zealand, Italy and Romania.[1]
He also played at the 2009 Sevens World Cup in Dubai.