Alberto Vernet Basualdo

Infobox Rugby biography
name = Alberto Vernet Basualdo


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nickname = Oso (Bear)
dateofbirth=birth date and age|1982|6|8
placeofbirth = Buenos Aires, Argentina
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height = height|m=1.80
weight = convert|109|kg|stlb|abbr=on
ru_position = hooker|capital=yes
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ru_nationalteam = Argentina
ru_nationalyears = 2004-present
ru_nationalcaps = 6
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ru_ntupdate = 25 september 2007
ru_clubyears = 2007-present
2002-2007
ru_proclubs = Toulouse
Alumni
ru_clubcaps = 0
ru_clubpoints = (0)
ru_clubupdate = 25 september 2007
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Alberto Vernet Basualdo (born June 8, 1982 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine rugby union player. His position is hooker. He started playing in Buenos Aires team Asociación Alumni and currently plays for Toulouse, from France; he also plays for the Argentine national rugby team, his debut for Los Pumas was on December 4, 2004.

In 2005 he suffered a career threatening neck injury displacing the 5th vertebra and the Intervertebral disc, but he recovered and was selected to represent Argentina at the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Up to the world cup he played for Alumni in Argentina, but he will join Toulouse after the end of the tournament.

External links

* [http://www.uar.com.ar/vernet_basualdo_alberto.htm#Scene%205 UAR profile]
* [http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/teams/team=40/player=25285/index.html RWC 2007 profile]