Juan Imhoff

Juan Imhoff

Imhoff playing for Racing Métro 92
Personal information
Full name Juan José Imhoff
Born (1988-05-11) 11 May 1988
Rosario, Argentina
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 90 kg (14 st 2 lb)[1]
Club information
Playing position Fullback / Wing
Current club Racing Métro 92
Amateur team(s)
Years Team
2009-2011 Duendes Rugby Club ()
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Pts)
2011 Pampas XV 9 (45)
2011– Racing Métro 72 (135)
Representative team(s)
2009–10 Pumas Sevens 3 ()
2009–10 Argentina Jaguars 9 (40)
2009– Argentina[2] 35 (105)

* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 18 August 2015.
† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 25 October 2015.

Juan José Imhoff (born Rosario, 11 May 1988) is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He plays as a wing and fullback.

Club career

He played for Duendes Rugby Club, from 2009 to 2011, in the Nacional de Clubes, which he won twice, in 2009 and 2011. He moved afterwards to Racing Métro 92 in the French Top 14, where he has played since 2011/12.

He was part of the Pampas XV at the 2011 Vodacom Cup in South Africa, winning this tournament.

International career

He also played for Argentina Jaguars. He has 34 caps for Argentina, since his first game at the 89-6 win over Chile, at 20 May 2009, for the South American Rugby Championship, in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he scored 4 tries. He was also part of the Argentine squad at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, playing in four games, three as a substitute, and scoring 2 tries, 10 points on aggregate.[3] Imhoff has been a member of the Argentina squad that competed in the Rugby Championship in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Imhoff played at the 2015 Rugby Championship, where Argentina reached the 3rd place, scoring 3 tries in the historical first ever win over South Africa by 37-25, in Durban. This historical feat made him one of the two top try scorers of the tournament with 3 tries and 15 points. Imhoff has currently 21 tries scored for his national team, in an aggregate of 105 points.[2]

He competed at the 2015 Rugby World Cup scoring 3 tries.

References

  1. "Juan Imhoff Player Profile - RWC2015". RWC2015.
  2. 1 2 Juan Imhoff International Statistics
  3. "Profile". 2011 Rugby World Cup Official Site. Retrieved 26 September 2011.

External links

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