Juan still counting blessings

JUAN Manuel Leguizamon has played 29 times for Argentina, on numerous occasions in the English Premiership and Heineken Cup, and more recently for Stade Francais.

Juan still counting blessings

But at 25, he has the air of a young man who still doesn’t quite believe how life has turned out for him since leaving his native Santiago in northern Argentina for the capital, Buenos Aires, where he joined San Isidro, the most famous club in the country.

The game in Argentina is completely amateur and when it comes to picking the national side, the understandable focus is on those professionals plying their trade abroad and most especially in Europe.

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