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Paulo Murinello

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Paulo Murinello
Date of birth (1981-12-28) 28 December 1981 (age 42)
Place of birthMozambique
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb; 13.1 st)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1993–2007 Portugal 54 (10)

Paulo Murinello (born Mozambique, 4 May 1974) is a former Portuguese rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a flanker. He last played for Cascais. He's also an alumnus of Sports Management at the Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, in Lisbon.

Murinello had 54 caps for Portugal, from 1993 to 2007, scoring 2 try, 10 points in aggregate. He scored the only Portuguese try in the 11–102 loss to Wales, in Lisbon, at 18 May 1994, for the 1995 Rugby World Cup qualifyings.[1] It was the first time Portugal ever played a then Five Nations Championship nation. Murinello was in the squad for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, playing in all the four matches.

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