Pedro Mercerat
| Date of birth | 26 February 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 176 lb (80 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pedro Mercerat (born 26 February 1990) is an Argentine rugby union player.
Raised in La Plata, Mercerat who is the son of a former La Plata Rugby Club player, started playing aged four.[1]
Mercerat, primarily a fullback, made his senior debut for La Plata in 2009. He was the top points scorer, as well as player of the tournament, in the 2014 Torneo de la URBA season.[1]
In 2016, Mercerat was capped twice for Argentina, scoring two tries in his second appearance, against Chile.[2]
Mercerat had a stint at French club US Bressane in 2014/15 and then played in Italy with I Medicei in 2017/18.[3] He played for Italian side Rangers Vicenza from 2019 to 2024, before moving on to Avezzano Rugby.[4][5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Pedro Mercerat, encendido: su efectividad hace ilusionar a La Plata". La Nación (in Spanish). 13 April 2015.
- ^ "Pedro Mercerat - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk.
- ^ "Rugby Fédérale 1 - Pedro Mercerat quitte l'US Bressane • La Voix de l'Ain". La Voix de l'Ain (in French). 4 February 2015.
- ^ "L'argentino Pedro Mercerat rinnova la sua sfida per una Rangers vincente". SPORTvicentino (in Italian). 15 June 2020.
- ^ Website of Avezzano Rugby
External links
[edit]- Pedro Mercerat at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Argentine rugby union players
- Argentina international rugby union players
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Rugby union players from La Plata
- La Plata Rugby Club players
- Union Sportive Bressane players
- Rugby Club I Medicei players
- Argentine expatriate rugby union players in France
- Argentine expatriate rugby union players in Italy