Vasco Uva

Vasco Uva
Full name Vasco Nuno Barata Sousa Uva
Date of birth (1982-12-15) December 15, 1982
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 98 kg (216 lb)
University Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon
Notable relative(s) Gonçalo Uva, João Uva
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Number eight
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
2005-2007
2008-
Direito
Direito
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2007-2008 Montpellier Hérault 3 (0)
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2003- Portugal 100 (65) 13t

Vasco Nuno Barata Sousa Uva (born 15 December 1982 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a number eight.

He took his Law degree at the Catholic University of Portugal, in Lisbon, and he works as a lawyer.

Club career

In Portugal he played for Grupo Desportivo Direito. He played briefly for Montpellier Hérault RC in the top division of French rugby, the Top 14 with is brother Gonçalo Uva, which he joined in January 2008. He soon moved back to Direito, where he's currently the captain. He also played for Lusitanos XV at international evel.

International career

He was the captain of the Portugal national team in three of the four games at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals. He was voted as Man of the Match in the 56-10 loss to Scotland. He commanded his team extremely well against New Zealand’s All Blacks, but he fractured his hand against Italy and missed the last game of the RWC with Romania.

After the RWC he co-wrote Hoje é por Portugal (2007) (Today is For Portugal), a title taken from his quote before the first game against Scotland, a book that relates everything that this amateur team, and himself as the captain, lived before the qualifications and during this major sportive and professional event of their lives.

He was replaced as the capitan of the "Lobos" by João Correia before the match played with Russia, at 1 March 2008, which resulted in a 26-41 loss.

He counts 100 caps for Portugal National Team, with 13 tries scored, 65 points in aggregate. He is currently the most capped player for Portugal.[1]

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