Francisco Fernandes
Rugby player
| Date of birth | (1985-09-06) 6 September 1985 (age 38) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 kg (254 lb; 18 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Francisco Fernandes Moreira (born 6 September 1985) is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a prop. He was born and raised in France, but is capped by Portugal.
Club career
He first played for AS Soustons. He moved to US Tyrosse, where he would play from 2005/06 to 2010/11, first at the Pro D2, and after the first season at the Fédérale 1. He moved to AS Béziers Hérault at 2011/12, at Pro D2, his first professional team, where he has been playing since then. He reached the mark of 250 games at the Pro D2 in 2021.[1][2][3]
International career
Fernandes has 32 caps for Portugal, with 2 tries scored, 10 points on aggregate, since his debut at the 14-10 loss to Russia, at 6 February 2010, in Sochi, for the 2011 Rugby World Cup qualifyings, when he was 24 years old. He has been playing more regularly for the Portuguese side since 2020, where he was the oldest player, at 38 years old.[4]
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Béziers – current squad
- Giorgi Akhaladze
- Jean-Baptiste Barrère
- Gillian Benoy
- Clément Bitz
- Morgan Eames
- Clément Esteriola
- Francisco Fernandes
- Pierre Gayraud
- Pierrick Gunther
- Jamie Hagan
- Thomas Hoarau
- Sias Koen
- Yassine Maamry
- John Madigan
- Dorian Marco-Pena
- Eloi Massot
- John-Hubert Meyer
- Marco Pinto Ferrer
- Zhorzi Saldadze
- Carl Vuillecard
- Jon Zabala
- Roméo Ballu
- Thibaut Bisman
- Victor Dreuille
- Jean-Victor Goillot
- Adrien Latorre
- Charly Malié
- Nicolas Plazy
- Jarrod Poï
- Savenaca Rawaca
- Dries Swanepoel
- Watisoni Votu
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