Full name | Christo Johannes Bezuidenhout | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 14 May 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Tenerife, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 116 kg (256 lb; 18 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
School | Hoërskool Zwartkop | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Christo Johannes Bezuidenhout (born 14 May 1970) is a Spanish-born former South African international rugby union, that usually played as a prop.
Born on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands (Spain), where his father worked as a telecommunications engineer. [1] Bezuidenhout debut in the national rugby at Currie Cup in 1994, only to disappear for a few years, apparently to perform agricultural work on the family farm. [1] He reappeared in 1999, when he was contracted by the Bulls in a professional level and the Pumas in the Currie Cup. [1]
He started his career in the South Africa national rugby union team in 33 against New Zealand in the 2003 Tri Nations Series Tournament; A few months later he participated in the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia with only 3 appearances, which were his last international. [2]
In 2004 he moved to England to Gloucester for a season, [3] after which he retired from rugby.[ citation needed ]