Pedro Carvalho is a Portuguese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 rugby union

Rugby union

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 player, who plays as a wing for Portuguese amateur side Grupo Desportivo Direito

Grupo Desportivo Direito

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, and for Portugal's national side

Portugal national rugby union team

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Carvalho made his debut for the national side on 20 November 2004, in a match against , and has received 24 caps in total, scoring 15 points (as of September 15, 2007). Carvalho was in the Portuguese squad for the 2007 World Cup

2007 Rugby World Cup

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, where he scored Portugal's first Rugby World Cup try

Try

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in the opening match against .