Lautaro Bazán

Lautaro Bazán Velez (born 24 February 1996) is an Argentine professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for the Argentina national team and Argentina Sevens.^[1]

Lautaro Bazán

Full name	Lautaro Bazán Velez
Date of birth	(1996-02-24) 24 February 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth	Cordoba, Argentina
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half Current team Cordoba Atletico Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2014–2015 Cordoba Atletico 6 (9) 2022–2024 Rovigo Delta 20 (20) 2024–2025 Benetton Hyderabad Heroes 3 (0) Correct as of 28 August 2023 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2014–2016 Argentina U20 13 (20) 2016–2020 Argentina XV 11 (20) 2022– Argentina 8 (0) Correct as of 28 August 2023 National sevens team Years Team Comps 2016−2022 Argentina 37 Correct as of 28 August 2023
Medal record Men's rugby sevens Representing  Argentina Pan American Games 2019 Lima Team competition Summer Olympics 2020 Tokyo Team competition Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing Team competition

He played for Serie A Elite club Rovigo Delta from 2022 to 2024.^[2][3] He signed for Benetton Rugby in June 2024 ahead of the 2024–25 United Rugby Championship. He made his debut in Round 7 of the 2024–25 season against the Edinburgh Rugby.^[4] He played with Benetton in the United Rugby Championship until 2025.^[5]

International career

Bazán played for Argentina in 15 a side rugby union at junior level, and won bronze at the 2016 U20 World Championships in England. He won gold at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. He was named in the Argentina squad for the Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[6]

In summer 2022 he was named in the full Argentina squad.^[7] He also previously played for Argentina from 2016 to 2020. In November 2022 he was again called up to the full Argentina squad whilst they touring the northern hemisphere.^[8]

He was a try scorer in the third/fourth playoff at the SVNS World Championship in Los Angeles in May 2025, as Argentina finished in fourth place overall.^[9]