Manuel Contepomi is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He started playing Rugby at his secondary school, Colegio Cardenal Newman, and currently plays for Club Newman in the Uni�n de Rugby de Buenos Aires competition. He has also made numerous appearances for the Argentina national team. He is the twin brother of fellow Argentine rugby international Felipe Contepomi. He formerly played for Bristol in the Guinness Premiership and Rovigo in Italy. Contepomi played for the national under-19 and under-21 Argentina sides in the early years of his career. After making his international debut for Argentina in 1998, he was included in the 1999 Rugby World Cup squad for Wales. He made his second World Cup appearance at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, and is third at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, in France, where Argentina reached the 3rd place. 

August 20th, 1977 in Buenos Aires (Age 46)