Rugby player
| Full name | Raimundo Martínez Amar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1999-11-25) 25 November 1999 (age 25) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 103 kg (227 lb; 16 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raimundo Martínez Amar (born 25 November 1999) is a Chilean professional rugby union player who plays as a number eight for Super Rugby Americas club Selknam and the Chile national team.
Club career
Martínez grew up in Santiago, where he played his rugby with the PWCC, before enjoying a spell in the CA Brive academy from 2019 to 2020.
Back in Chile, he played with Selknam in the newly founded Súper Liga Americana de Rugby. He was part of the team that registered historical wins against the Argentinian Jaguares XV, eventually reaching the final of the competition.
International career
Raimundo Martínez is a Chile international since 2018, as Los Cóndores had some historical results in Test matches, beating the likes of recent world cup qualified Russia in 2021.
He was part of the team that qualified for their first Rugby World Cup in 2022, upsetting the odds against Canada and the United States, a serie of historic wins that sealed their qualification for the 2023 World Cup.
References
- "Player profile". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- Hart-Vorobyoff, Geraldine. "Raimundo Martínez: Amor Amarillo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- Blanzat, Nicolas (2 November 2019). "Rugby - En plus de ses jeunes talents, Brive vient d'enrôler certaines pépites étrangères". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- "Selknam y su plantel de preparación SLAR 2021". SLAR (in Spanish). 28 January 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- Saavedra, Isco (25 March 2022). "¡HISTÓRICO! ¡Selknam vence a Jaguares XV! ¡Nunca habían perdido en la SLAR!". Rugby Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- "Spectacular Selknam eliminate Jaguares in SLAR Semi Final". Americas Rugby News. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- "Chile stun Russia at the death - Rugby World magazine". Rugby World. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- Pengelly, Martin (16 July 2022). "Chile upset USA in Colorado to secure first ever Rugby World Cup place". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
External links
- Raimundo Martínez at ESPNscrum
- Raimundo Martínez at ItsRugby.co.uk
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