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| Date of birth | (1976-09-04) 4 September 1976 (age 48) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Berango, Basque Country, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 160 lb (73 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aratz Gallastegui Sodupe (born 4 September 1976 in Berango) is a basque former rugby union player. He played as a scrum-half. In his home region, the Basque Country, his name is often spelled as Aratz Gallastegi.
Career
He debuted for the Spain national rugby union team in a test match against Andorra on 8 November 1997. Gallastegui also played two matches of the 1999 Rugby World Cup for Spain against South Africa and Scotland, the latter being his last international cap for Spain. At club level, he mainly played for Getxo Artea RT. After retiring as player, Gallastegui became coach of Durango RT in 2008. From 2014 he is the backs coach of Ordizia Rugby Elkartea.
References
- ARATZ GALLASTEGI JUGADOR DE RUGBY "Jugar el Mundial ha sido un sueño de tres semanas", additional text.
- "SAINT-JEAN-DE-LUZ OLYMPIQUE PAYS BASQUE - Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia". aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- "Aratz Gallastegui Sodupe". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
- "Entrevista | ARATZ GALLASTEGI JUGADOR DE RUGBY "Jugar el Mundial ha sido un sueño de tres semanas"". El País (in Spanish). 1999-10-24. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- El Durango Ilarduya ficha a Aratz Gallastegi entrenador del primer equipo
- "Aratz Gallastegi Sodupe - Director de Rugby y Gestor de Club - Durango Rugby Taldea | LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- "Ordizi R.E. – Gernika R.T." Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
External links
- Aratz Gallastegui at ESPNscrum
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