Rugby player
 Alejandro Nieto Serra at 2016 Americas Rugby Championship vs USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Alejandro Martin Nieto Serra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1988-01-07) 7 January 1988 (age 36) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108 kg (17 st 0 lb; 238 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alejandro Nieto (born in Montevideo, 7 January 1988) is a Uruguayan rugby union player who plays for Champagnat. He was a member of the Uruguay squad at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
He has been an active participant in the Uruguay qualifying run for RWC 2019, gaining the final place in pool D. This included victories over Canada, Namibia, Russia and Spain.
In 2019 Nieto signed for the Houston SaberCats.
Personal
Nieto attended St Catherine's School and the Crandon Institute.
Honours
- Uruguay U20
References
- ^ "Alejandro Nieto". ESPN. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- "Rugby World Cup". Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- "Uruguay's squad step into the unknown". Rugby World Cup. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- Rugby World Cup 1987 - 2015: Complete Results and Statistics Barclay, S. 2015. Retrieved: 17/05/18
- Hands on! with Alejandro Nieto Americas Rugby News. Paul Tait. 15/01/18. Retrieved: 17/05/18
- Rugby World Cup 2019 Trophy Tour rounds off a successful week for Uruguay RWC. 05/02/18. Retrieved: 17/05/18
- ^ "Houston SaberCats Adds Uruguay No.8 Alejandro Nieto". djcoilrugby. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
External links
- Alejandro Nieto at ESPNscrum
- Alejandro Nieto at ItsRugby.co.uk
| Uruguay squad – 2015 Rugby World Cup | |
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| Head coach: Lemoine | |
| Uruguay squad – 2019 Rugby World Cup | |
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| Backs | |
| Head coach: Meneses | |
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Uruguayan expatriate rugby union players in the United States
- Houston SaberCats players
- Rugby union players from Montevideo
- Uruguay international rugby union players
- Peñarol Rugby players
- Rugby union number eights
- People educated at the Crandon Institute
- 2015 Rugby World Cup players
- 2019 Rugby World Cup players
- Uruguayan rugby union biography stubs