ru_clubcaps ru_nationalcaps ru_proclubs birth_date ru_nationalyears university ru_nationalteam ru_nationalpoints ru_position name birth_place height relatives ru_clubpoints ru_amateurclubs ru_clubyears weight article_title birth_name ru_amateuryears
3 98 montpellier hérault 15 december 1982 2003 - catholic university of portugal , lisbon portugal -lrb- 65 -rrb- 13t number eight vasco uva lisbon , portugal 1.87 0 gonçalo uva , joão uva -lrb- 0 -rrb- direito direito 2007-2008 98 kg lb on vasco uva
 vasco nuno barata sousa uva 2005-2007 2008 -
vasco uva

vasco nuno barata sousa uva -lrb- born 15 december 1982 in lisbon -rrb- is a portuguese rugby union player .
he plays as a number eight .
in portugal he played for grupo desportivo direito , until he was assigned , in january 2008 for the professional team of montpellier hérault rc , in france .
he took his law degree at the catholic university of portugal , in lisbon , and he worked as a lawyer until after the 2007 rugby world cup finals .
he was the captain of the portugal national team in three of the four games at the 2007 rugby world cup finals .
he was voted as man of the match in the 56-10 loss to scotland .
he commanded his team extremely well against new zealand 's all blacks , but he fractured his hand against italy and missed the last game of the rwc with romania .
after the rwc he co-wrote `` hoje é por portugal '' -lrb- `` today is for portugal '' -rrb- , a title taken from his quote before the first game against scotland , a book that relates everything that this amateur team , and himself as the captain , lived before the qualifications and during this major sportive and professional event of their lives .
vasco uva played briefly for montpellier hérault rc in the top division of french rugby , the top 14 with is brother gonçalo uva .
he soon moved back to direito , where he 's currently the captain .
he was replaced as the capitan of the `` lobos '' by joão correia before the match played with russia , at 1 march 2008 , which resulted in a 26-41 loss .
he counts 96 caps for portugal national team , with 13 tries scored , 65 points in aggregate .
he is currently the most capped player for portugal .
