Mateo Garcia

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Mateo Garcia
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Garcia in 2022
Date of birth (2002-07-08) 8 July 2002 (age 22) [1]
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) [2]
Weight79 kg (174 lb; 12 st 6 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Current team Bordeaux Bègles
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2022– Bordeaux Bègles ()

Mateo García (born 8 July 2002) is a French rugby union player who plays at Fly-half for Union Bordeaux Bègles.

Career

He started in the Top 14 for the first time in February 2022, for Union Bordeaux Bègles against Racing 92. [3] In his debut season, he made seven appearances in the Top 14, including one further starts, and two matches in the European Rugby Champions Cup, including one start. [4]

Playing for Bordeaux, he produced notable performances in the European Champions Cup during the 2023-24 season. [5] This included scoring a try in a 45-12 win over Saracens to reach the quarter finals. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Mateo Garcia". Its Rugby. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "Mateo Garcia". All Rugby. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "First upset for Matéo Garcia with UBB". Lequipe. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  4. ↑ Bonnet, Frédéric (2 June 2022). "Matéo Garcia a pris l'ouverture avec l'UBB". Sudouest.fr. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  5. ↑ Coetzee, Dylan (12 April 2024). "19 stars who can prove their Test credentials in the Champions Cup quarter-finals". Planet Rugby. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  6. ↑ Meagher, Gerard (6 April 2024). "Bordeaux crush Saracens in Champions Cup as Bielle-Biarrey and García shine". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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