Ruben Spachuck

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Ruben Spachuk
Birth nameCristian Ruben Spachuk
Date of birth (1981-02-14) 14 February 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Argentina
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Weight114 kg (251 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
– 2007
2007 – 2008
2008 – 2009
2009 – 2011
2011 – 2017
CF Os Belenenses
Blagnac SCR
FC Auch Gers
US Colomiers
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu

22
13
31
110

(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
Correct as of 6 July 2020
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2005–2014 Portugal 47 (10) 2t
Correct as of 20 June 2013

Cristian Ruben Spachuck, commonly known as Ruben Spachuck (born 14 February 1981), is an Argentine-born Portuguese rugby union footballer. He played as a prop.

He was one of the four Belenenses players at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals. He moved to the French team of Blagnac after the tournament, where he played in 2007/08. He also would play for FC Auch Gers, in 2008/09, US Colomiers, from 2009/10 to 2010/11, and CS Bourgoin-Jallieu, where he played from 2011/12 to 2016/17, when he finished his career.

He had 47 caps for Portugal, from 2005 to 2014, with 2 tries scored, 10 points on aggregate. Spachuck's first game for Portugal came on 5 February 2005, against Georgia, in an 18–14 win. He played in all the four games of Portugal at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, without scoring. He had his last game on 8 March 2014, in a 34–18 defeat to Russia, in Sochi, aged 33 years old, in a 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifier. [2]

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References

  1. "Cristian Ruben SPACHUK – Fiche joueur – It's rugby". www.itsrugby.fr.
  2. "Reuben Cristian Spachuk". ESPN scrum.