Date of birth | 4 May 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 120 kg (265 lb; 18 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emiliano Bergamaschi (born 4 May 1976) is an Argentine rugby union coach and former player. He is the Assistant head coach of the Zebre who compete in United Rugby Championship. [1] [2]
During his playing career, Bergamaschi was a prop. He was capped at international level by Argentina, playing for the senior team on one occasion in 2001 against the United States. [3] Bergamaschi spent spells playing in England for both Bristol and Saracens, [4] [5] as well as playing in France for Rouen. [6]
Following his retirement, Bergamaschi went into coaching. He was assistant coach to Daniel Hourcade for Argentina at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. [7] In 2020, he was assistant to Raúl Pérez at the Olímpia Lions in the 2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season. [8] In January 2021, he was appointed head coach of the Cobras Brasil XV team for the 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season. [9] From January 2022 to April 2022 he was interim Head coach of Zebre.
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