Salvador Palha (born
Lisbon
Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...
, 14 April 1984) is a Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock.
Currently a member of
Direito squad, he was called by
Tomaz Morais
Tomaz Eduardo Carvalho Morais (born 6 April 1970 in Lobito, Angola) is a Portuguese rugby union coach and a former player.
Life and career
The son of Portuguese settlers in Angola, Morais moved to Portugal following the 25 April 1974 revolution ...
for the
2007 Rugby World Cup
The 2007 Rugby World Cup () was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition organised by the International Rugby Board. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by F ...
finals, to replace the injured
Marcello d'Orey. Palha played in the 14–10 loss to
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
.
Palha had 18 caps for the "Lobos", from 2007 to 2010, without ever scoring.
External links
Salvador Palha International Statistics
1984 births
Living people
Portuguese rugby union players
Portugal international rugby union players
Rugby union locks
Rugby union players from Lisbon
2007 Rugby World Cup players
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