:Tiago Girão
{{short description|Portuguese rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
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| birth_name = Tiago Menezes Girão
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|11|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Lisbon
| height = 1.87 m
| weight = 101 kg
| ru_currentposition =
| ru_currentteam =
| ru_position = Flanker
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| repyears1 = 2006–2014
| repteam1 = {{nrut|Portugal}}
| repcaps1 = 42
| reppoints1 = 14
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Tiago Maria Menezes Vilhena Girão (born 30 November 1984 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a flanker.
He played for CDUL in Portugal, moving to CRC Madrid Noroeste, in Spain, for the season of 2007/08. He returned to CDUL at 2008/09.
He holds 42 caps for Portugal, since his first match, in 2006, with 2 tries, 3 conversions, and 1 penalty scored, 19 points in aggregate. Girão played three times at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, in the matches with New Zealand, Italy and Romania, without scoring.[http://www.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/player/15118.html Tiago Girão International Statistics]
He also played at the 2009 Sevens World Cup in Dubai.
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External links
- {{ESPNscrum|15118}}
{{Portugal Squad 2007 World Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Girao, Tiago}}
Category:Portuguese rugby union players
Category:Portugal international rugby union players
Category:Rugby union players from Lisbon
Category:2007 Rugby World Cup players
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