Santiago Gómez Cora
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| Santiago Gómez Cora at the 2008 USA Sevens | |||
| Date of birth | July 25, 1978 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Fullback | ||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| Argentina | |||
| Sevens national teams | |||
| Years | Club / team | Comps | |
| 2000-2010 | Argentina | ||
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club / team | ||
| 2013-Present 2013 |
Argentina sevens Argentina Women's sevens | ||
Santiago Gómez Cora (born July 25, 1978) is a former rugby union sevens player for Argentina. He held the all-time record for number of tries scored on the IRB Sevens World Series circuit with 230 until May 21, 2016 when Kenyan Collins injera took the spot.[1] He also ranks among the top five players all-time in points and in appearances.
Gómez Cora also played full-back for the Pumas in fifteens. In March 2008 it was confirmed he would move to Welsh club Ospreys.
In September 2013, Gómez Cora became head coach of the Argentina national rugby sevens team.[2] Gómez Cora has previously coached the Argentina women's rugby sevens team. In addition to his duties with Argentina's national teams, he works with Serevi Rugby, a training and development program founded by Fiji legend Waisale Serevi; he is based in Buenos Aires and operates the organization's Latin American efforts.[3]
References
- ↑ "All Time Player Tries". IRB.com. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
- ↑ IRB.com, Gómez Cora new Puma Sevens coach, Sep. 13, 2013, http://www.irbsevens.com/news/newsid=2068727.html
- ↑ "Biographies: Santiago Gomez Cora". Serevi Rugby. Retrieved 2014-02-12.