Sergio Parisse
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| Full name | Sergio Francesco Antonio Parisse | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 12 September 1983 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | La Plata, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb; 247 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Number Eight, Flanker | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2003–05 2005– |
Treviso Stade Français |
64 292 |
(55) (208) |
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Correct as of 25 October 2016
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2002– | Italy | 126 | (78) |
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Correct as of 18 March 2017
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Sergio Parisse (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsɛrdʒo paˈrisse]; born 12 September 1983) is an Italian rugby union player. He was the first Italian rugby union player to be nominated for the IRB International Player of the Year. He has captained French team Stade Français and is current captain of the Italy national rugby union team. Parisse is widely considered one of the greatest number eights of modern rugby.
Parisse was born in La Plata, Argentina, to Italian parents. His father, also Sergio, played for L'Aquila where he won the Italian Club Championships in 1967 before his job with Alitalia took him to Argentina in 1970. Sergio Junior was born in 1983 and played his early rugby for La Plata. His family spoke Italian at home and every year Sergio would go on holiday to Italy.
Parisse moved to Italy and joined Treviso where he played for four years. He joined his Italian team mates Mauro Bergamasco and Mirco Bergamasco at French giants Stade Français in 2005.
A number 8 of great handling ability, Parisse's positional sense in the lineout and flair for getting across the gainline has marked him out as a special player in an often struggling Italian team.
He was capped at the age of just 18 by then Italy coach John Kirwan, in a 64–10 defeat against New Zealand in Hamilton, New Zealand in June 2002. Parisse scored his first Test try against Canada in the 2003 Rugby World Cup.
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