Dean Parata

Dean Parata
Personal information
Full name	Dean Alexander Parata
Born	4 October 1991 (age 32); Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.76 m)
Weight	13 st 5 lb (85 kg)
Playing information
Position	Hooker
Club
Representative
	Source: As of 4 April 2024

Last updated April 06, 2024

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

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, and 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.^[8]

He played for the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles.^{[ citation needed ]}

He spent the 2018 season playing for the Barrow Raiders in the Betfred Championship.^{[ citation needed ]}

He was selected to represent his family heritage - Italy at the 2022 postponed 2021 Rugby League World Cup

He started at hooker for Italy against Scotland - looking very slick with ball in hand scoring a try underneath the sticks, in the upset 28-6 win.^{[ citation needed ]}

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References

↑ JK Rockshire LTD
↑ "Player Summary: Dean Parata". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
↑ "Dean Parata". seaeagles.com.au. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
↑ "Dean Parata". Rugby League Project.
↑ "P". NYC Database. 27 December 2012.
↑ "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)
↑ "Campese, Bergamasco in Italy RL squad". SBS. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
↑ "Rugby League World Cup – Gli azzurri" (in Italian). Federazione Italia Rugby League. 10 October 2017. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

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[1] JK Rockshire LTD

[2] "Player Summary: Dean Parata". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

[sea_eagles-3] "Dean Parata". seaeagles.com.au. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

[4] "Dean Parata". Rugby League Project.

[5] "P". NYC Database. 27 December 2012.

[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)

[7] "Campese, Bergamasco in Italy RL squad". SBS. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

[8] "Rugby League World Cup – Gli azzurri" (in Italian). Federazione Italia Rugby League. 10 October 2017. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

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