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Andy Ferreira

Birth name	Andrew Meyer Ferreira
Date of birth	(1961-06-26) June 26, 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Rusape, South Rhodesia
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1987-1993 Old Georgians RFC () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 19??-19?? Mashonaland () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1983-1991 Zimbabwe 7 (54) National sevens team Years Team Comps 1992  Zimbabwe

Andrew Meyer Ferreira (born 26 June 1961 in Rusape) is a Zimbabwean former rugby union player and coach. He played as fullback.

Career

Ferreira's first cap for Zimbabwe was in the 1987 Rugby World Cup, where he played all the three pool stage matches against Romania, France and Scotland. He was also part of the 1991 Rugby World Cup squad, where he only played the match against Ireland, at Lansdowne Road, on 6 October 1991, which was his last cap for Zimbabwe.

Coaching career

As coach, Ferreira coached Zimbabwe Sevens.

Notes

1. Zimbabwe 1987 Rugby World Cup squad at World Rugby
2. Zim influence in African success history The Zimbabwe Independent, 29 November 2019
3. Zimbabwe's best sevens side The Independent (Zimbabwe)
4. Andy Ferreira ESPN Scrum profile
5. Legend Andy Ferreira rallies Cheetahs The Herald (Zimbabwe)

External links

• Andy Ferreira international stats

• 1961 births
• People from Rusape
• Sportspeople from Manicaland Province
• Zimbabwean rugby union players
• Zimbabwean rugby union coaches
• Rugby union fullbacks
• White Zimbabwean sportspeople
• Zimbabwean people of Portuguese descent
• Living people
• 1987 Rugby World Cup players
• 1991 Rugby World Cup players