Lautaro Bazán

Lautaro Bazán
Full name	Lautaro Bazán Velez
Date of birth	24 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Cordoba, Argentina
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Scrum-half
Current team	Benetton
Senior career
Years	Team
2014–2015	Cordoba Atletico
2022–2024	Rovigo Delta
2024–	Benetton
	Correct as of 28 August 2023
International career
Years	Team
2014–2016	Argentina U20
2016–2020	Argentina XV
2022–	Argentina
	Correct as of 28 August 2023
National sevens team
Years	Team
2016−2022	Argentina
	Correct as of 28 August 2023
Men's rugby sevens
Representing Argentina
Pan American Games
Summer Olympics
Youth Olympic Games

Lautaro Bazán Velez (born 24 February 1996) is an Argentine professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for the Argentina national team and Benetton in United Rugby Championship.^[2]

He played for Serie A Elite club Rovigo Delta from 2022 to 2024.^[3]^[4] He signed for Benetton Rugby in June 2024 ahead of the 2024–25 United Rugby Championship.He made his debut in Round 7 of the 2024–25 season against the Edinburgh Rugby.^[5]

International career

Bazán played for Argentina in 15 a side rugby union at junior level, and won bronze at the 2016 U20 World Championships in England. He won gold at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. He was named in the Argentina squad for the Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[6]

In summer 2022 he was named in the full Argentina squad.^[7] He also previously played for Argentina from 2016 to 2020. In November 2022 he was again called up to the full Argentina squad whilst they touring the northern hemisphere.^[8]