Rugby player
| Date of birth | (1980-05-19) 19 May 1980 (age 44) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Ponte da Barca | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb; 14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
João Pedro Azevedo de Sousa Uva (born 19 May 1980 in Lisbon) is a former Portuguese rugby union footballer and a current coach. He played as a flanker.
He played for Belenenses, where he won the Portuguese Cup in 2000–01, the Portuguese SuperCup in 2001–02, and the National Championship title in 2002–03 and 2007/08. for Bandeirantes Rugby Club, of São Paulo, Brazil, since February 2011.
He had 46 caps for Portugal, from 2000 to 2009, and scored 3 tries, 15 points in aggregate.
He was one of five Belenenses players in the Portugal squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, and he played in all four games, without scoring.
He has been the coach of Belenenses since 2014/15.
Notes
- Joao Uva player profile Scrum.com
- João Uva é o novo comandante do Belenenses, Diário de Notícias, 4 July 2014 (Portuguese)
| Portugal squad – 2007 Rugby World Cup | |
|---|---|
| Forwards | |
| Backs | |
| Coach: Morais | |
 | This biographical article relating to Portuguese rugby union is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Portuguese rugby union players
- Portuguese rugby union coaches
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union players from Lisbon
- Portugal international rugby union players
- Sportspeople from Viana do Castelo District
- 2007 Rugby World Cup players
- Portuguese sportspeople stubs
- European rugby union biography stubs