David Penalva

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

David Penalva

Birth name	David Penalva
Date of birth	(1980-01-26) 26 January 1980 (age 45)[1]
Place of birth	France[1]
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) – 2002 – 2005 2005 – 2006 2006 2006 – 2008 2008 – 2010 2010 – Biarritz[3] Tours Poitiers[4] Belenenses[5] Blagnac Auch[2] Nice 48 37 5 (15) (0) (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2002–2012 Portugal 35 (5)

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.^[6]