Dean Parata

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Dean Parata
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Personal information
Full nameDean Alexander Parata [1]
Born (1991-10-04) 4 October 1991 (age 33)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height5 ft 9 in (1.76 m)
Weight13 st 5 lb (85 kg)
Playing information
Position Hooker, Five-eighth
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2018 Barrow Raiders 3050020
2019 Toulouse Olympique 2770028
2020–21 Featherstone Rovers 25130152
2022–24 London Broncos 74160064
Total1564101164
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2013– Italy 101004
Source: [2] [3] [4]
As of 4 April 2024

Dean Parata (born 4 October 1991) is a former Italy international rugby league footballer who last played as a hooker for the London Broncos in the Super League.

Contents

Parata has previously played for the Barrow Raiders, Toulouse Olympique and Featherstone Rovers in the Championship.

Background

Parata was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Early life

Of Italian descent, Parata attended Keebra Park State High School and played his junior rugby league for the Nerang Roosters in the Gold Coast, Queensland. After being signed by the Wests Tigers, he moved to Sydney and attended Holy Cross College, Ryde.

Playing career

Parata played 25 games for the Tigers in the National Youth Competition between 2009 and 2011. [5] At the time of his selection for the 2013 World Cup, Parata was playing for the Parramatta Eels' feeder team, the Wentworthville Magpies in the New South Wales Cup. [6] He later joined the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles in the same competition. [7]

In the 2018 season, he signed for the Barrow Raiders in the Championship where he made 30 appearances for the club. [8] [9] In October 2018, Parata signed with Toulouse Olympique for the 2019 season. [10] In October 2019, Parata joined Featherstone Rovers on a two-year contract, [9] but with the suspension of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic he returned to Australia. [11] In the 2021 season, Featherstone reached the play-off final, but lost to Toulouse and missed out on promotion. The final was Parata's last game for Featherstone and in October 2021 he signed for London Broncos [12] where he was appointed as vice-captain. [13]

In the 2023 season, London earned promotion to the Super League with a 18–14 win over Featherstone in the Championship final. [14] Parata was named (jointly with Lachlan Walmsley) as the Championship Player of the Year at the RFL annual awards. [15]

International

Parata was selected to represent Italy at the 2017 World Cup qualifying tournament in 2016. [7] Parata was named as a shadow player for Italy at the 2017 World Cup. [16]

He was selected to represent Italy at the 2022 postponed 2021 Rugby League World Cup. [17] He started at hooker against Scotland and scored a try in the 28–4 win. [18]

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  6. ↑ "Italy name squad for RLWC2013". RLWC2013.com. 24 September 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  9. 1 2 "Featherstone snap up Italy international". Love Rugby League. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
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  11. ↑ "Featherstone pair return home to be with families". Love Rugby League. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
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  14. ↑ "Championship Grand Final: Toulouse 14-18 London Broncos - Capital club back in Super League". BBC Sport. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  15. ↑ "Bevan French, Sinead Peach, Lewis King scoop top accolades at 2023 Rugby League Awards". Love Rugby League. 10 October 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
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