Hugo Porta
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Hugo Porta (born 11 September 1951) is a former Argentine rugby union footballer who played fly-half. He played 57 times for Los Pumas, captaining them on 34 occasions.
Porta was born in Buenos Aires. He played football (soccer) and almost signed for Boca Juniors but to the changed to rugby, joining Banco Nacion.
Porta made his international debut in 1971, and would score 529 points, consisting of 10 tries, 88 penalties, 78 conversions and 25 drop goals. His best performances came in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with 1977 draw with France, and the Pumas' 1979 24-13 win against Australia.
Porta led Argentina to the 1987 World Cup, at the age of 36 and retired after the tournament. He came out of retirement briefly in 1990 to play against England.
In 1991 he was appointed Argentine Ambassador to South Africa by President Carlos Menem, and in 1994 became Argentina's Minister for Sport.
In 2000 his car was carjacked by thieves in Buenos Aires, but they returned his vehicle after reading whose car they had stolen in the newspapers.
External links
- Planet-Rugby (http://www.planet-rugby.com/stats/players/player_details.phtml/p_r/ENG?playerCode=GPO1&search_text=Hugo%20Porta&navCode=&tm1Code=%&setCode=archive)