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| Birth name | Ignacio Conti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | November 5, 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ignacio Conti (born 5 November 1977) is a Uruguayan former rugby union player who played as lock or as number eight.
At club level, Conti played for Carrasco Polo Club. His first cap for Uruguay was on 22 September 2002, against Namibia, in Montevideo. He was also part of the 2003 Rugby World Cup Uruguay squad, where he only played the match against Samoa. His last cap for Uruguay was against Scotland A, in Bucharest, on 16 June 2009. [2]
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