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João Correia (rugby player)

João Correia
Full name João Carlos Gonçalves Correia
Date of birth (1979-08-19) August 19, 1979 (age 37)
Place of birth Lisbon
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 100 kg (220 lb)
Rugby union career
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2003-2014  Portugal 80 (20)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2003-2014  Portugal 80 (20)

João Carlos Gonçalves Correia (born 19 August 1979 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a hooker. He is professionally a physician.

He is a member of Direito, where he already won several titles of the National Championship.

He has 74 caps for Portugal, since his first game, in 2003, with 4 tries scored, 20 points on aggregate. Correia was a member of the Portugal squad that entered the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, playing in all of the four games. He became the captain of the "Lobos" at the same game where he scored his first try at 1 March 2008, with Russia (26-41). He's been the National Team captain since then.


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