| Date of birth | (1975-03-26) 26 March 1975 (age 49) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | La Plata, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Matías Albina (born 26 March 1975) is an Argentine former international rugby union player.
Born in La Plata, Albina was capped 10 times as a scrum-half for the Pumas from 2001 to 2005. He also represented Argentina in rugby sevens and captained Argentina "A" at the 2005 Churchill Cup.
Albina's career included stints with CS Bourgoin-Jallieu in France and English club Plymouth Albion.
In 2011, Albina was in the Los Pumitas coaching team for the Junior World Championship in Italy.
See also
References
- "Argentina stuns NZ in US Sevens". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 February 2004.
- "BBC - Essex - Sport - Barking look for progress". BBC News. 29 August 2006.
- "Albina habló con Scrum del desafío Pumita". ESPN.com.ar (in Spanish). 5 January 2011.
External links
- Matías Albina at ESPNscrum
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Argentine rugby union players
- Argentina international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from La Plata
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- CS Bourgoin-Jallieu players
- Plymouth Albion R.F.C. players
- Argentine expatriate rugby union players in France
- Argentine expatriate rugby union players in England
- Argentina international rugby sevens players