Marcos Ayerza
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| Full name | Marcos Ivan Ayerza | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | January 12, 1983 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Colegio Cardenal Newman, (Buenos Aires) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Loosehead prop | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | ||
| -2006 | Newman | ||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2006– | Leicester Tigers | 240 | (40) |
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Correct as of 16 September 2016
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2004– | Argentina | 66 | (5) |
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Correct as of 25 October 2015
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Marcos Ayerza (born January 12, 1983 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby union rugby player who plays loose-head prop for an English club, the Leicester Tigers.
He joined Leicester in 2006, having previously played rugby for his school Colegio Cardenal Newman and then for Club Newman in Buenos Aires. His Tigers debut came as a late call-up when Alex Moreno was injured in the warm-up, against Bath Rugby in September 2006.
In January 2008, he signed a three-year contract extension with Tigers along with fellow prop Martin Castrogiovanni.
He started in the 2007 Premiership final victory against Gloucester and the back-to-back Premiership titles in 2009 and 2010. The 2009 final was against London Irish, and the 2010 against Saracens. He started in losing Heineken Cup finals in 2007 and 2009 and the losing Premiership finals of 2011 and 2012.
In December 2014 Ayerza made his 200th appearance for Leicester against Northampton and in January 2015 it was announced Tigers would play Argentina as part of a testimonial year in Ayerza's honour.
In September 2016 he made his 200th start against Wasps becoming only the 86th player in the club's history to make 200 starts.
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