- Vasco Uva
Infobox Rugby biography
name = Vasco Uva
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birthname = Vasco Nuno Barata Sousa Uva
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|12|15
placeofbirth =Lisbon ,Portugal
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height = height|m=1.87
weight = convert|98|kg|lb|abbr=on
ru_position = number 8|capital=yes
ru_amateuryears = 2005-2006
2006-2008
ru_amateurclubs =Belenenses
Direito
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ru_nationalteam = Portugal
ru_nationalyears = 2004 -
ru_nationalcaps = 45
ru_nationalpoints = (35)
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ru_clubyears = 2008-
ru_proclubs =Montpellier Hérault
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relatives =Gonçalo Uva ,João Uva
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university =Catholic University of Portugal ,Lisbon Vasco Nuno Barata Sousa Uva (born
15 December 1982 inLisbon ) is a Portugueserugby union player. He plays as a number 8. In Portugal he played forGrupo Desportivo Direito , until he was assigned, in January 2008 for the professional team ofMontpellier Hérault RC , inFrance .He took his Law degree at the
Catholic University of Portugal , in Lisbon, and he worked as a lawyer until after the2007 Rugby World Cup finals.He was the captain of the Portugal national team in three of the four games at the
2007 Rugby World Cup finals. He was voted as Man of the Match in the 56-10 loss to Scotland. He commanded his team extremely well against New Zealand’s All Blacks, but he fractured his hand againstItaly and missed the last game of the RWC with Romania.After the RWC he co-wrote "Hoje é por Portugal" ("Today is For Portugal") (his quote before the first game against Scotland), a book that relates everything that this amateur team, and himself as the captain, lived before the qualifications and during this major sportive and professional event of their lives.
Vasco Uva plays currently for
Montpellier Hérault RC in the top division of French rugby, theTop 14 with is brotherGonçalo Uva .He was replaced as the capitan of the "Lobos" by
João Correia before the match played with Russia, at1 March , which resulted in a 26-41 loss.He counts 45 caps for Portugal National Team, with 7 tries scored, 35 points in aggregate, by May 2008.
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