Ruben Spachuck

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Ruben Spachuk
Birth nameCristian Ruben Spachuk
Date of birth (1981-02-14) February 14, 1981 (age 40)
Place of birthArgentina
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight114 kg (251 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
- 2007
2007 - 2008
2008 - 2009
2009 - 2011
2011 - 2017
CF Os Belenenses
Blagnac SCR
FC Auch Gers
US Colomiers
CS Bourgoin-Jallieu
-
22
13
31
110

(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
Correct as of 6 July 2020
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2005-2014 Portugal 47 (10) 2t
Correct as of 20 June 2013

Cristian Ruben Spachuck, commonly known as Ruben Spachuck (born 14 February 1981), is an Argentine-born Portuguese rugby union footballer. He played as a prop.

He was one of the four Belenenses players at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals. He moved to the French team of Blagnac after the tournament, where he played in 2007/08. He also would play for FC Auch Gers, in 2008/09, US Colomiers, from 2009/10 to 2010/11, and CS Bourgoin-Jallieu, where he played from 2011/12 to 2016/17, when he finished his career.

He had 47 caps for Portugal, from 2005 to 2014, with 2 tries scored, 10 points on aggregate. Spachuck's first game for Portugal came on 5 February 2005, against Georgia, in an 18-14 win. He played in all the four games of Portugal at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, without scoring. He had his last game on 8 March 2014, in a 34-18 defeat to Russia, in Sochi, aged 33 years old, in a 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifier.[2]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Cristian Ruben SPACHUK - Fiche joueur - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.fr.
  2. ^ "Reuben Cristian Spachuk". ESPN scrum.
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