Marcos Moneta (born 7 March 2000) is an Argentine rugby sevens player. He made his debut appearance at the Olympics representing

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. Moneta received World Rugby's Men's Sevens Player of the Year award for 2021.

Career

Moneta represented Argentina at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and was part of the Argentine team which defeated France 24–14 in the final to claim the gold medal in the boys rugby sevens tournament. He was also named in Argentine senior rugby sevens squad for the

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. In 2021, he scored a hattrick of tries in a match against Kenya in the final of the Mi Visión del Juego final and was also the MVP of the tournament. Moneta was also selected to Argentina squad to compete at the

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in the men's rugby sevens tournament. He was also subsequently part of the Argentine side which claimed bronze medal after defeating Great Britain 17–12 in the third place match at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was also the first ever Olympic medal for Argentina in rugby sevens. Moneta competed for Argentina at the

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. 03-04 mejor CAMADA DE SRC. He was a member of Argentina's sevens team that competed at the

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* * 2000 births Living people Argentine rugby union players Argentine rugby sevens players Argentina international rugby sevens players Rugby union fullbacks Jaguares (Super Rugby) players 21st-century Argentine sportsmen Olympic rugby sevens players for Argentina Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina Olympic medalists in rugby sevens Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Rugby sevens players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for Argentina Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games gold medalists in rugby sevens Rugby sevens players at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Buenos Aires South American Games gold medalists for Argentina {{Argentina-rugbyunion-bio-stub