Michael Cheika

Michael Cheika
Cheika representing Australia
Date of birth (1967-03-04) 4 March 1967 (age 57)
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales, Australia
SchoolMarcellin College
Notable relative(s)Adam Doueihi (cousin)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number 8
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1985–1989; 1995–1999 Randwick 286 ()
1989–1991 Castres ()
1991–1992 CASG Paris ()
1992–1994 Livorno ()
1997 New South Wales ()
Correct as of 15 May 2023
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1988 Australia U21
Correct as of 15 May 2023
Coaching career
Years Team
1999–2000 Petrarca Padova
2001–2005 Randwick
2005–2010 Leinster
2010–2012 Stade Français
2013–2015 Waratahs
2014–2019 Australia
2020–2021 Argentina (assistant)
2021–2023 Green Rockets (director)
2022–2023 Argentina
2024– Leicester Tigers
Correct as of 19 December 2023
Rugby league career
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2020 Sydney Roosters (advisor)
2020–2022 Lebanon
Total 0 0 0 0

Michael Cheika (born 4 March 1967) is an Australian professional dual-code rugby coach and former player who is head coach of Leicester Tigers in England's Premiership Rugby.

Cheika was the coach of the Australia rugby union team from 2014 to 2019, and the Argentina national team between 2022 and the 2023 Rugby World Cup. In 2015, he received the World Rugby Coach of the Year award after leading Australia to the 2015 Rugby World Cup final. He is the only coach to have won the major rugby club competition in each hemisphere, winning the Heineken Cup with Leinster in 2009 and Super Rugby with the New South Wales Waratahs in 2014. During his career, Cheika was also head coach at Padova, Randwick and Stade Français.[1]

Cheika is a second-generation Lebanese Australian; his parents immigrated to Australia during the 1950s.[2][3]

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