Misplaced Pages

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.

References

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

External links

• David Penalva at ESPNscrum

This biographical article relating to Portuguese rugby union is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• 1980 births
• Living people
• Portuguese rugby union players
• Portugal international rugby union players
• French rugby union players
• French sportspeople of Portuguese descent
• Rugby union locks
• FC Auch Gers players
• Blagnac Rugby players
• Rugby Nice Côte d'Azur players
• Portuguese sportspeople stubs
• European rugby union biography stubs