Matías Albina

Matías Albina (born 26 March 1975) is an Argentine former international rugby union player.

Matías Albina

Date of birth	(1975-03-26) 26 March 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	La Plata, Argentina
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2001–05 Argentina 10 (20)

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.^[1]

Albina's career included stints with CS Bourgoin-Jallieu in France and English club Plymouth Albion.^[2]

In 2011, Albina was in the Los Pumitas coaching team for the Junior World Championship in Italy.^[3]

See also

• List of Argentina national rugby union players

References

1. "Argentina stuns NZ in US Sevens". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 February 2004.
2. "BBC - Essex - Sport - Barking look for progress". BBC News. 29 August 2006.
3. "Albina habló con Scrum del desafío Pumita". ESPN.com.ar (in Spanish). 5 January 2011.

External links

• Matías Albina at ESPNscrum