David Penalva
| Full name | David Penalva | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | January 26, 1980[1] | ||
| Place of birth | France[1] | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb)[1] | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Lock | ||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| - 2002 - 2005 2005 - 2006 2006 2006 - 2008 2008 - 2010 2010 - |
Biarritz[3] Tours Poitiers[4] Belenenses[5] Blagnac Auch[2] Nice |
48 37 5 |
(15) (0) (0) |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2002-2012 | Portugal | 35 | (5) |
David Penalva (born 26 January 1980 in France) is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock.
Penalva played for Nice, in the French Fédérale 1, for the 2010-11 season.
He had 35 caps for Portugal, from 2002 to 2012, scoring 1 try, 5 points on aggregate. Penalva made his debut for the national side on 3 March 2002, in a 13-10 win over Spain, in Caldas da Rainha for the Six Nations B. He was called for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, playing in all the four games and scoring a try in the third game against Italy in a 31-5 loss. That would be the single points of his international career. Penalva most recent game was at 10 March 2012, in a 23-17 win over Spain, in Coimbra, for the Six Nations B. He has been absent from the National Team since then.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 "RWC 2007 player profile - David Penalva". rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 19 September 2007.
- 1 2 http://www.itsrugby.fr/joueur_4390.html
- ↑ http://www.fpr.pt/noticias/noticia.asp?id=3977&id2=7&opm=7
- ↑ http://www.fpr.pt/noticias/noticia.asp?id=5383&id2=7&opm=7
- ↑ http://www.fpr.pt/noticias/noticia.asp?id=5749&id2=1&opm=1
- ↑ David Penalva International Statistics