Alfonso Cardoso

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Alfonso Cardoso
Date of birth (1971-12-27) December 27, 1971 (age 51)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight160 lb (73 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1996-2003 Uruguay 42 (71)

Alfonso Cardoso (born Montevideo, 27 December 1971) is a Uruguayan former rugby union player. He played as a fullback.

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Career

For his club rugby, Cardoso played for Old Boys, and regularly represented them at the Punta Del Este Sevens. [1]

He earned 42 caps for Uruguay, from 1996 to 2003, with 14 tries and 1 conversion, 71 points in aggregate. He played twice at the Rugby World Cup finals, in 1999 and 2003. He was capped three times at the first presence, scoring a try, and two times at the second, again scoring a try. [2]

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References

  1. "Guido Clerici". Old Boys Magazine (in Spanish) (9). 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  2. Alfonso Cardoso International Statistics