Juan Fernández Miranda

Infobox Rugby biography
name = Juan Fernández Miranda


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birthname = Juan de la Cruz Fernandez Miranda
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dateofbirth=birth date and age|1974|11|11
placeofbirth = Buenos Aires, Argentina
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weight = convert|88|kg|stlb|abbr=on
ru_position = flyhalf|capital=yes or Centre
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ru_amateurclubs = Hindú Club
ru_amupdate = 30 September 2007
ru_nationalteam = Argentina
ru_nationalyears = 1997-present
ru_nationalcaps = 29
ru_nationalpoints = (165)
ru_ntupdate = 30 September 2007
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ru_sevensnationalyears = 1997-2002
ru_sevensnationalteam = Argentina
ru_sevensnationalcomp = 5
ru_sevensupdate = 30 September 2007
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Juan de la Cruz Fernández Miranda (born November 11, 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a rugby player who has so far won 26 caps playing at fly-half or centre for the Argentina rugby union side ("los Pumas"). He made his international test debut at the age of 22 on 27 September, 1997 against Uruguay. He has so far scored 165 points for Argentina including 5 tries. He has played most of his career for the Hindú Club in Argentina, and the Buenos Aires Representative Team, where he is in charge of the strategic management of Hindú Club and the Buenos Aires representative team alongside his older brother, fellow Puma Nicolás Fernández Miranda. He is also an active sevens player and has represented Argentina in five tournaments.

Juan Fernández Miranda was awarded the prestigious Olimpia de Plata for Rugby in 1997 and went on to represent Argentina at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia.

External links

* [http://www.uar.com.ar/fernandez_miranda_juan.htm Juan de la Cruz Fernández Miranda] from the Argentine Rugby Union en icon
* [http://www.rwc2003.irb.com/EN/Tournament/Teams/Argentina/Players/Juan+Fernandez%20Miranda/index.htm RWC2003 profile]