Tuculet Joins 50 Cap Club

On Saturday afternoon Joaquín Tuculet will become the 29th Puma to reach 50 caps. The fullback will do so against Italy in Florence.

In earning his 50th cap Tuculet will draw level with Mauricio Reggiardo. Of the remaining players with more caps than Tuculet six are still playing for Los Pumas.

The highest capped active player is Juan Manuel Leguizamón. He is now the 5th most capped Puma in history. In starting against Italy he is earning his 81st cap. Should he remain a Puma into 2018 then he will all but surely move above Mario Ledesma and could, potentially, become the most capped Puma in history.

Both Juan Martín Hernández and Martín Landajo join Leguizamón in the Top 10. Landajo will start against Italy and earn his 77th cap. Should he feature from the bench the Hernández will be capped for the 74th time.

Hugo Porta was the first Argentine player to reach 50 caps. Having made his debut against Chile in Montevideo on October 10 1971, he reached the milestone on September 17 1985. His 50th test came against Uruguay in Asunción, Paraguay. It took the legendary Porta a staggering 14 years to reach his half-century, while Joaquín Tuculet has reached it into his seventh year as a Puma.

The caps as indicated below include those from this coming Saturday’s fixture.

 

#	PLAYER	POS	YEARS	CAPS
1	Felipe Contepomi	FH	1998-2013	87
2	Lisandro Arbizu	CE/FH	1990-2005	86
3	Rolando Martín	FL	1994-2003	86
4	Mario Ledesma	HK	1996-2011	84
5	Juan Manuel Leguizamón	FL/N8	2005-	81
6	Pedro Sporleder	LO	1990-2003	78
7	Martín Landajo	SH	2008-	77
8	Juan Martín Hernández	FH	2002-	74
9	Federico Mendez	HK/PR	1990-2004	73
10	Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe	FL/N8	2004-2015	71
11	Agustín Pichot	SH	1995-2007	71
12	Agustín Creevy	HK	2005-	70
13	Marcos Ayerza	PR	2004-	66
14	Ignacio Fernández Lobbe	LO	1996-2008	65
15	Omar Hasan	PR	1995-2007	65
16	Horacio Agulla	WI	2005-2015	63
17	Diego Cuesta Silva	WI/CE	1983-1995	63
18	Tomás Cubelli	SH	2010-	63
19	Martín Durand	FL	1997-2008	60
20	Nicolás Sánchez	FH	2010-	61
21	Martín Scelzo	PR	1996-2011	59
22	Hugo Porta	FH	1971-1990	58
23	Patricio Albacete	LO	2003-2013	57
24	Diego Albanese	WI	1995-2003	55
25	Rodrigo Roncero	PR	1998-2012	55
26	Lucas González Amorosino	WI/FB	2007-	52
27	Gonzalo Longo	N8	1999-2007	51
28	Mauricio Reggiardo	PR	1996-2003	50
29	Joaquín Tuculet	FB	2012-	50