Argentine rugby union player (born 1987)
Rugby player
Gabriel Ascárate
Full name Gabriel Ascárate Date of birth (1987-10-20 ) 20 October 1987 (age 37) Place of birth San Miguel de Tucumán , Argentina Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Weight 94 kg (14 st 11 lb; 207 lb)
Gabriel Ascárate (born 20 October 1987) is a former Argentine player and coach who coaches Cascais Rugby Linha. He played as a centre .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Career
Ascárate started his career in his homeland playing for both Club Natación y Gimnasia in his hometown of San Miguel de Tucumán and later the Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club . He also represented the Pampas XV in the South African Vodacom Cup between 2010 and 2012[ 4] before moving abroad to join French side US Carcassonne for the 2012–13 season. He made 18 appearances in France before moving north in July 2013 to join Glasgow Warriors .
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] He was released by Glasgow Warriors in February 2014 after being ruled out from 'contact rugby' for 6 months.[ 5]
International career
He made his senior debut for Los Pumas against Chile in May 2007 and to date he has amassed 8 caps and scored 2 tries.[ 6] He is also a former Pumas Sevens player, making 5 appearances in the IRB Sevens World Series between 2008 and 2011.[ 4]
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