 Santiago Carreras | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 30 March 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Córdoba, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb; 12 st 13 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Santiago Carreras (born 30 March 1998) is an Argentine professional rugby union player who plays as a fly-half for Premiership Rugby club Gloucester and the Argentina national team.
On 28 December 2018, Carreras was named in the Jaguares squad for the 2019 Super Rugby season. His playing positions are Fullback, Wing and Fly-half.[ citation needed ]
Despite sharing the same last name as Mateo Carreras of Newcastle and playing in a common position, the players are not related. Santiago Carreras is from Córdoba; Mateo Carreras is from Tucumán.[ citation needed ]
Carreras was a starter for the Argentina national team on 14 November 2020 in their first ever win against the All Blacks. [2]
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