Eduard Coetzee

Eduard Coetzee
Full nameEduard Louis Coetzee
Date of birth (1979-09-08) 8 September 1979 (age 45)
Place of birthPretoria, South Africa
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight264 lb (120 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2005–07 Aviron Bayonnais ()
2007–11 Biarritz Olympique ()
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
2001–05 Sharks ()

Eduard Louis Coetzee (born 8 September 1979) is a South African former professional rugby union player.

A Bulls under-age product, Coetzee was a prop and played in the Super 12 for the Sharks, until taking up a contract with French club Aviron Bayonnais in 2005. He crossed over to Biarritz in 2007 and was a member of the side that contested the 2010 Heineken Cup final. In 2011, Coetzee undertook a tour of Argentina with the French Barbarians.[1] He announced his retirement at the end of 2011 on the advice of doctors, following a series of head knocks.[2]

Coetzee took over from Gary Teichmann as CEO of the Sharks in 2019, having previously served as their COO.[3]

  1. ^ "2 SA men in Barbarians team". TimesLIVE. 17 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Coetzee forced to quit". Sky Sports. 15 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Changes at the Sharks as Eduard Coetzee is appointed new CEO". TimesLIVE. 17 July 2019.