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David Penalva

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David Penalva
Birth nameDavid Penalva
Date of birth (1980-01-26) 26 January 1980 (age 44)[1]
Place of birthFrance[1]
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Weight100 kg (220 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
– 2002
– 2005
2005 – 2006
2006
2006 – 2008
2008 – 2010
2010 –
Biarritz[3]
Tours
Poitiers[4]
Belenenses[5]
Blagnac
Auch[2]
Nice




48
37
5




(15)
(0)
(0)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2002–2012 Portugal 35 (5)

David Penalva (born 26 January 1980 in France) is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock.

Penalva played for Nice, in the French Fédérale 1, for the 2010–11 season.

He had 35 caps for Portugal, from 2002 to 2012, scoring 1 try, 5 points on aggregate. Penalva made his debut for the national side on 3 March 2002, in a 13–10 win over Spain, in Caldas da Rainha for the Six Nations B. He was called for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, playing in all the four games and scoring a try in the third game against Italy in a 31–5 loss. That would be the single points of his international career. Penalva most recent game was at 10 March 2012, in a 23–17 win over Spain, in Coimbra, for the Six Nations B. He has been absent from the National Team since then.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "RWC 2007 player profile – David Penalva". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2007.
  2. ^ a b "David PENALVA : Fiche joueur et statistiques – It's rugby".
  3. ^ http://www.fpr.pt/noticias/noticia.asp?id=3977&id2=7&opm=7[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ http://www.fpr.pt/noticias/noticia.asp?id=5383&id2=7&opm=7[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Federação Portuguesa de Rugby – Notícias". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  6. ^ David Penalva International Statistics
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