Birth name | Hassane Kolingar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 6 March 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb; 254 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hassane Kolingar (born 6 March 1998) is a French rugby union player. His position is loosehead prop and he currently plays for Racing 92 in the Top 14. [1]
He was called for the first time in the France national rugby team in November 2020 for the Autumn Nations Cup. [2]
Racing 92 is a French professional rugby union club based in the Hauts-de-Seine department, Paris' western inner suburbs that competes in Top 14. The club plays its home matches at the 30,681-capacity domed stadium Paris La Défense Arena, located near the La Défense business district.
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