Rugby player
| Date of birth | (1975-10-05) 5 October 1975 (age 49) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Lisbon | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st) | ||||||||||||||||
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Luís Eduardo Pissarra (born 5 October 1975) is a Portuguese former rugby union player of Argentine descent. He played as a scrum-half for AEIS Agronomia, with whom he won the Campeonato Nacional Honra/Super Bock in 2006–07.
Pissarra has 73 caps for the Portugal national team, from 1996 to 2007. He was the vice-captain of the Portugal squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, where he played in all four games. He left the national team after the 8–23 loss to Romania, on 1 December 2007, aged 32, in a match where he was the captain. He never scored during his international career.
He is currently one of the national team's assistant coaches.
References
- Luís Pissarra at ESPNscrum
External links
- Luís Pissarra at ESPNscrum
| Portugal squad – 2007 Rugby World Cup | |
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| Coach: Morais | |
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