Juan Severino Somoza is an Argentine-born Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock or as a flanker.

He was a member of Agronomia

Agronomía

Agronomía is a barrio or district in the centre part of Buenos Aires city, Argentina. It gets its name from the Facultad de Agronomía of the University of Buenos Aires, located there...

 team, winning the title of National Champion in 2006/2007. He currently plays for the Italian semi-professional team of Exagerate Rugby Reggio

Exagerate Rugby Reggio

COSMO HAUS Rugby Reggio, also known as Rugby Reggio A. S. D., is an Italian semi-professional rugby union team. They currently play in Serie A....

.

He decided to represent Portugal

Portugal national rugby union team

The Portugal national rugby union team is a third tier rugby union side representing Portugal. They first played in 1935 and now compete in the European Nations Cup. Rugby union in Portugal is administered by the Federação Portuguesa de Rugby. Portugal qualified for their first Rugby World Cup in...

, and was selected for the 2007 Rugby World Cup

2007 Rugby World Cup

The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003,...

 finals squad. He played a single game with Scotland

Scotland national rugby union team

The Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...

. He head-butted a Scottish player, being suspended for four weeks after the incident.

Severino has currently 29 caps for the "Lobos", with a try scored, five points in aggregate.

External links

• Juan Severino Somoza International Statistics