Moisés Duque

Moisés Rodrigues Duque (born 21 December 1988 in São José dos Campos) is a Brazilian rugby union player. He plays as a centre.

Moisés Duque
Date of birth (1988-12-21) December 21, 1988
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012−2013
2020−		 Blagnac
Corinthians		 1 (0)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013-Present Brazil 35 (198)
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
Brazil

He played for São José Rugby Clube in the Campeonato Brasileiro de Rugby. He played briefly for Blagnac at the Fédérale 1 of the French Rugby, in 2012/13. He returned afterwards to São José Rugby Club.[1]

He has 18 caps for Brazil, since his first game at 2013, with 4 try, 18 conversions, 20 penalties and 2 drop goals scored, 122 points on aggregate.[2] He scored a conversion and four penalties in the historical 24-23 win over United States at 27 February 2016, in the first edition of the 2016 Americas Rugby Championship. It was the first time the "Tupis" faced the United States and was also the first win of Brazil over a second tier rugby team.

He is also an important player for the sevens national team side.

References
  1. Costa, Arthur (14 February 2013). "Eles sabem que o Brasil está crescendo" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  2. Moisés Duque International Statistics


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