Sergio Parisse

Sergio Parisse
Parisse in 2014
Birth nameSergio Francesco Parisse
Date of birth (1983-09-12) 12 September 1983 (age 40)
Place of birthLa Plata, Argentina
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight113 kg (17 st 11 lb; 249 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number Eight, Flanker
Current team Toulon
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2002–2003 Universitario de La Plata ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2003–2005
2005–2019
2019–2023		 Benetton Treviso
Stade Français
Toulon
Total		 64
265
65
394		 (55)
(238)
(40)
(333)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2002–2019 Italy 142 (83)
Coaching career
Years Team
2023– Toulon (Lineout)

Sergio Francesco Parisse[2] (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsɛrdʒo paˈrisse]; born 12 September 1983) is a former Italian rugby union player. He is currently the lineout coach for French club Toulon. He played for the Italy national team from 2002 until the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Parisse is Italy's most-capped player, and currently the fourth most-capped player worldwide. He was the first Italian rugby union player to be nominated for the IRB International Player of the Year, in 2008 and again in 2013. Parisse is widely considered one of the greatest number eights of the modern era,[3][4][5][6] and the greatest Italian rugby player of all time. He also holds the joint record of playing in five Rugby World Cups.

  1. ^ "Sergio PARISSE". Stade.fr. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Comunicato federale n. 6 stagione sportiva 2003-2004" [Official resolutions of the Italian Rugby Federation] (in Italian). Italian Rugby Federation. 10 May 2004. p. 11. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  3. ^ Cleary, Mick (12 July 2020). "Sergio Parisse: 'I would still love to have that last game for Italy in Rome - that remains the dream'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Why Sergio Parisse would rather have played for Italy than been an All Black". Stuff. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Sergio Matteo Parisse". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Greatest XV Profile: Sergio Parisse". Six Nations Rugby. 20 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.