Luciano González (rugby union)
Argentine rugby union player
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Luciano Daniel González Rizzoni[a] (born 10 April 1997) is an Argentine rugby union player. He has competed for Argentina in rugby sevens at the Olympic Games, and was named player of the year for the 2024-25 SVNS series.
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| Full name | Luciano Daniel González Rizzoni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 10 April 1997 La Rioja, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
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.[2] In both the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons, González was named in the HSBC Sevens Series Dream Team.[3][4]
In 2022, González competed for Argentina at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[5] In 2023 he scored his hundredth try for the Argentine 7s team.[6]
As of 22 May 2023, González has played in 249 matches and scored 118 tries for Argentina at the World Rugby Sevens Series.[7]
He was a member of Argentina's sevens team that competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[8][9] He was a try scorer in the third/fourth playoff at the SVNS World Championship in Los Angeles in May 2025.[10] In May 2025, he was named Player of the Year for the 2024-25 SVNS series.[11] Having continued with the team for the 2025-26 SVNS, he was named in the Team of the Season in June 2026.[12][13]
In July 2026, he was one of the first players announced for the Ultimate Sevens Championship, prior to the inaugural competition set to launch later that year.[14][15]
Personal life
Born in La Rioja, Argentina,[16] he would get up at five in the morning to go to train in La Tablada, Argentina.[17]
Notes
- In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Rizzoni.
