David Penalva

David Penalva

Full name	David Penalva
Date of birth	(1980-01-26) January 26, 1980
Place of birth	France
Height
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Lock
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
- 2002 - 2005 2005 - 2006 2006 2006 - 2008 2008 - 2010 2010 -	Biarritz Tours Poitiers Belenenses Blagnac Auch Nice	48 37 5	(15) (0) (0)
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2002-2012	Portugal	35	(5)

David Penalva (born 26 January 1980 in France) is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock.

Penalva played for Nice, in the French Fédérale 1, for the 2010-11 season.

He had 35 caps for Portugal, from 2002 to 2012, scoring 1 try, 5 points on aggregate. Penalva made his debut for the national side on 3 March 2002, in a 13-10 win over Spain, in Caldas da Rainha for the Six Nations B. He was called for the 2007 Rugby World Cup, playing in all the four games and scoring a try in the third game against Italy in a 31-5 loss. That would be the single points of his international career. Penalva most recent game was at 10 March 2012, in a 23-17 win over Spain, in Coimbra, for the Six Nations B. He has been absent from the National Team since then.

External links

• David Penalva International Statistics