Carlos Ignacio Fernández Lobbe (born 20 November 1974 in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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) is an Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 rugby union

Rugby union

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 footballer. He currently plays with English side, Bath Rugby

Bath Rugby

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 in the Aviva Premiership. He has also represented Argentina

Argentina national rugby union team

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 on numerous occasions, including at the 1999

1999 Rugby World Cup

The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, and the first to be held in rugby union's professional era. The principal host nation was Wales, although the majority of matches were played outside the country, shared between England, France, Scotland and Ireland...

, 2003

2003 Rugby World Cup

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 and 2007

2007 Rugby World Cup

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 Rugby World Cup

Rugby World Cup

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He previously played for Sale Sharks

Sale Sharks

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, Castres, Bordeaux and the Liceo Naval club, moving to Northampton Saints

Northampton Saints

Northampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The Northampton Saints were formed in 1880. They play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 13,591....

 for the 2008–09 season, where he made his debut against Worcester Warriors.

He is also an exceptionable leader, captaining Northampton Saints throughout the 2008/2009 season due to injury to the then club captain, Bruce Reihana

Bruce Reihana

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In September 2010, it was announced that Fernández Lobbe would come out of retirement to join Bath Rugby as injury cover for the remainder of the 2010/11 season.

He has a baby daughter.

External links

• Ignacio Fernández Lobbe at official Argentine Rugby Union site
• Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe on salesharks.com
• Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe on rwc2003.irb.com
• Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe on ercrugby.com