Enrique Pieretto

Enrique Pieretto
Birth nameEnrique Pieretto Heiland
Date of birth (1994-12-15) December 15, 1994 (age 29)
Place of birthCórdoba, Argentina
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight122 kg (19.2 st; 269 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loosehead Prop
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014–2015
2016−2019
2019–2020
2020–		 Córdoba Athletico
Jaguares
Exeter Chiefs
Glasgow Warriors		 1
33
9
31		 (0)
(0)
(0)
(0)
Correct as of 11 February 2020
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013
2014
2016−		 Argentina U19
Argentina U20
Argentina		 3
3
23		 (5)
(5)
(0)
Correct as of 18 September 2019

Enrique 'Kike' Pieretto Heiland (born 15 December 1994) is an Argentine rugby union player who plays for the national Argentina team The Pumas and Scottish Pro14 side Glasgow Warriors.

Career

Having played rugby from a young age, Pieretto was selected for the Argentina under-19's team in 2013 to face neighbouring sides Uruguay U19, Chile U19 and Brazil U19. Enrique played in all 3 matches, scoring a try against Brazil on 21 September. In 2014, he was selected for the Pumitas for the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship in New Zealand.[1] He played in the 'big games' against Australia and England, but the team failed to win either game. He started in the Semifinals of the 9–12th place play-offs against Fiji, but did not make an appearance in the 9th place game against Scotland.

In January 2016, Pieretto was called up to the senior side for the 2016 Americas Rugby Championship, where he made an appearance in 4 of the uncapped games.[2] He was part of the training group contingent at the Jaguares in the 2016 Super Rugby season, but despite this made 8 appearances for the Super Rugby side. He made his international debut for the Pumas on 4 June 2016, starting against Chile in the 2016 Sudamérica Rugby Cup.[3] He was called up to the senior squad for their 2-test series against France and a test against Italy, coming off the bench against Italy and in the second test against France.[4] He was later called up for the 2016 Rugby Championship.[5]

Pieretto suffered an ACL injury prior to the 2018 Super Rugby season that ruled him out of action for 6 to 7 months.[6]

Pieretto joined English club Exeter Chiefs in November 2019 for the remainder of the 2019–20 season,[7] and he will join Scottish Pro14 club Glasgow Warriors on a two-year contract from the 2020–21 season.[8]

References

  1. ^ Los Pumitas M20 parten hacia Nueva Zelanda #JWC2014 Archived 2016-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Argentina XV para la Americas Rugby Championship Archived 2016-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Chile 12 Argentina XV 87 Archived 2016-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Plantel de Los Pumas para junio Archived 2016-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Plantel de Los Pumas para el RCH 2016 Archived 2016-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Kike Pieretto fuera de las canchas" (Press release) (in Spanish). Jaguares. 13 January 2017. Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Prop Pieretto signs for the Chiefs". Exeter Chiefs. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Glasgow Warriors: Argentina prop Enrique Pieretto agrees move from Exeter Chiefs". BBC Sport. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.

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