David Penalva

David Penalva (born 26 January 1980 in France) is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock.

David Penalva

Birth name	David Penalva
Date of birth	(1980-01-26) 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
Position(s) Lock Senior career Years Team Apps (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 Team Apps (Points) 2002-2012 Portugal 35 (5)

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. "RWC 2007 player profile - David Penalva". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2007.
2. http://www.itsrugby.fr/joueur_4390.html
3. http://www.fpr.pt/noticias/noticia.asp?id=3977&id2=7&opm=7%5B%5D
4. http://www.fpr.pt/noticias/noticia.asp?id=5383&id2=7&opm=7%5B%5D
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-04. Retrieved 2010-02-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. David Penalva International Statistics

External links

• David Penalva International Statistics