Marcelo Loffreda (born May 17, 1959 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a rugby player and coach, until recently head coach for the English club power Leicester Tigers. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. The English Premiership (known as the Guinness Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Guinness) is a professional league competition for Rugby Leicester Football Club (nicknamed Leicester Tigers) is an English Rugby union club that plays in the Guinness Premiership. Loffreda won 44 caps with one as captain, playing at centre for the Argentine rugby union side (los Pumas). A cap is an appearance for a select team such as a school county or international team in sports A Rugby union team is made up of 15 players eight forwards numbered from 1 to 8 and seven backs numbered from 9 to 15 The Argentina national rugby team, nicknamed Los Pumas, represents Argentina in international Rugby union matches He played much of his career outside the legendary Hugo Porta and scored 4 test tries. Hugo Porta (born 11 September 1951 in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine Rugby Union footballer an International Rugby Hall of Fame inductee and arguably
In 1994 he hung up his playing boots and became a coach. In April 2000, he was appointed coach of Argentina and steered them to series victories over France, Wales and Scotland, a draw with the British and Irish Lions, a win against England at Twickenham in November 2006 as well as coming close to securing the Pumas' first victories over South Africa and New Zealand. The France national rugby union team represents France in Rugby union. The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international The Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international Rugby union. The British and Irish Lions (until 2001 known as the British Isles Rugby Union Team or "British Lions" Rugby union side comprises a pick of the best players from The England national rugby union team represents England in Rugby union. Twickenham Stadium (usually known as just Twickenham or Twickers) is a Stadium located in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond The South Africa national Rugby union team (commonly referred to as the Springboks in English Springbokke in Afrikaans and Amabokoboko The All Blacks are New Zealand's national team in Rugby union, the country's National sport. The Pumas went on to their all-time best finish of third at the 2007 World Cup, including an opening win over hosts France, a pool win over Ireland, and another win over France in the third-place match. The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international Rugby union world championship inaugurated in 1987. The Ireland rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in Rugby union, which is a popular sport throughout both the Republic of Ireland and This success was Loffreda's swan song as Pumas coach, as he had announced months before the tournament that he would leave the Pumas after the World Cup for the Leicester job. [1]
Loffreda graduated in civil engineering at Universidad de Buenos Aires and was sales manager for Argentine textile and footwear company Alpargatas [1]. Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design construction and maintenance of the physical and naturally built The University of Buenos Aires (in Spanish Universidad de Buenos Aires - ( UBA) is the largest University in Argentina, founded on August A textile is a flexible material comprised of a network of natural or artificial Fibres often referred to as thread or Yarn. Footwear consists of Garments worn on the feet, for protection against the environment and Adornment.
He is married with 5 children, Sophia, Nicolas, Juana, Olivia and Marina (in age order)
Loffreda got sacked from his job as managing director at Leicester on the 6th June 2008, after just one season at the club. Although reaching two finals (EDF energy and guiness premiership) he was sacked due to poor results. Leicester only just reached the premiership playoffs and heineken cup qualification, from a club of this standard this was seen as unacceptable.
References
- ^ Loffreda named as new Tigers boss - BBC News, April 25th 2007
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