Pedro Mercerat (born 26 February 1990) is an Argentine rugby union player.
| Date of birth | 26 February 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 176 lb (80 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raised in La Plata, Mercerat is the son of a former La Plata Rugby Club player and started playing aged four.[1]
Mercerat, primarily a fullback, made his senior debut for La Plata in 2009. He was the top points scorer, as well as player of the tournament, in the 2014 Torneo de la URBA season.[1]
In 2016, Mercerat was capped twice for Argentina, scoring two tries in his second appearance, against Chile.[2]
Mercerat had a stint at French club US Bressane in 2014/15 and then played in Italy with I Medicei in 2017/18.[3] He has played for Italian side Rangers Vicenza since 2019.[4]
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- ^ a b "Pedro Mercerat, encendido: su efectividad hace ilusionar a La Plata". La Nación (in Spanish). 13 April 2015.
- ^ "Pedro Mercerat - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk.
- ^ "Rugby Fédérale 1 - Pedro Mercerat quitte l'US Bressane • La Voix de l'Ain". La Voix de l'Ain (in French). 4 February 2015.
- ^ "L'argentino Pedro Mercerat rinnova la sua sfida per una Rangers vincente". SPORTvicentino (in Italian). 15 June 2020.