Aratz Gallastegui

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Aratz Gallastegui
Date of birth (1976-09-04) 4 September 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth Berango, Basque Country, Spain
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight160 lb (73 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1986-2001
2001-2004
2004-2006
2006-2007
Getxo Artea RT [1]
Saint-Jean-de-Luz [2]
Gernika RT
Getxo Artea RT
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International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1997-1999Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 7 (0)

Aratz Gallastegui Sodupe (born 4 September 1976 in Berango) is a Spanish 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.

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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. [3] At club level, he mainly played for Getxo Artea RT. [4] After retiring as player, Gallastegui became coach of Durango RT in 2008. [5] [6] From 2014 he is the backs coach of Ordizia Rugby Elkartea. [7]

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References

  1. ARATZ GALLASTEGI JUGADOR DE RUGBY "Jugar el Mundial ha sido un sueño de tres semanas", additional text.
  2. "SAINT-JEAN-DE-LUZ OLYMPIQUE PAYS BASQUE - Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia". aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  3. "Aratz Gallastegui Sodupe". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  4. "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.
  5. El Durango Ilarduya ficha a Aratz Gallastegi entrenador del primer equipo
  6. "Aratz Gallastegi Sodupe - Director de Rugby y Gestor de Club - Durango Rugby Taldea | LinkedIn". LinkedIn . Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  7. "Ordizi R.E. – Gernika R.T." Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2017-01-13.