Luís Pissarra (rugby union)

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Luís Pissarra
Date of birth (1975-10-05) October 5, 1975 (age 48)
Place of birthLisbon
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1996-2007 Portugal 73 (0)

Luís Eduardo Pissarra (born 5 October 1975) is a Portuguese former rugby union footballer of Argentine descent. He played as a scrum-half for AEIS Agronomia, with whom he won the National Championship in 2006-07.

Pissarra had 73 games for the Portugal national team, from 1996 to 2007. He was the vice-captain of the Portugal squad at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, where he played in all four games. He left the National Team after the 8-23 loss to Romania, at 1 December 2007, aged 32, in a match where he was the captain. He never scored during his international career.[1]

He was currently one of the assistant coaches of the national team.

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