Club Career
Contepomi started playing rugby for his secondary school Colegio Cardenal Newman, and then for Club Newman in Buenos Aires. In 2003 he joined Leinster from Bristol on a four-year contract following Bristol's relegation in the 2002-03 Zurich Premiership.
He played a major role in Leinster's run in the 2005–06 Heineken Cup, helping Leinster to a 41–35 win over Cup holders Toulouse, scoring 21 points in the process and winning the man of the match award. That year he was top scorer in both the 2005-06 Celtic League and the Heineken Cup.
In late January 2006, Contepomi's girlfriend, Paula, gave birth to their daughter, Catalina. Only hours later, Contepomi played for Leinster the Magners League match against the Border Reivers, a game in which he went on to score 22 points.
In November of that year, Agustín Pichot said that Contepomi was a better player than All Black fly-half, Dan Carter, the winner of the 2005 IRB International Player of the Year award.
On 31 May 2007, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in Dublin conferred him with the medical degrees of MB BCh BAO (NUI) LRCP&SI. He subsequently worked in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.
Contepomi won the 2007 Rugby Writers of Ireland Player of the Year award.
On 12 March 2009, it was announced that Contepomi would be leaving Leinster at the end of the season, and that he had signed a 4 year deal to join French side Toulon from the 2009–10 Top 14 season.
Contepomi played a role in the Leinster win over Munster in the Heineken Cup semi-final on 2 May 2009. After scoring a drop goal after 15 minutes in, he was helped off the pitch after suffering a knee injury half an hour in. An MRI scan confirmed he tore his anterior cruciate ligament and was expected to be out of action for 6 months post-op. Almost exactly on schedule, he made his Toulon debut on 21 November against Brive, coming off the bench and scoring a penalty in Toulon's 19–10 win.
Contepomi announced he would leave the Top 14 giants to take the fly-half helm at Stade Français in time for the 2011-12 season. His arrival in Paris will have to wait till after the World Cup having been named in their 30-man squad for the tournament.
Comtepomi won both the Magners League and the Heineken Cup with Leinster.
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