Alberto Vernet Basualdo

Alberto Vernet Basualdo
Date of birth (1982-06-08) June 8, 1982
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 109 kg (17 st 2 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Hooker
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2007–2011
2002–2007
Toulouse
Alumni
0 (0)
correct as of 25 september 2007.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2004–present Argentina 12 (0)
correct as of 21 November 2011.

Alberto Vernet Basualdo (born June 8, 1982 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine rugby union player. His position is hooker. He started playing in Buenos Aires for Asociación Alumni and for Toulouse in France four years; he also played for the Argentine national rugby team, his debut for Los Pumas was on December 4, 2004.

In 2005 he suffered a career threatening neck injury displacing the 5th vertebra and the Intervertebral disc, but he recovered and was selected to represent Argentina at the 2007 Rugby World Cup. He joined Toulouse after the end of the tournament.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/21/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.