Ugo Mola

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Ugo Mola
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Mola in 2018
Birth nameUgo Mola
Date of birth (1973-05-14) 14 May 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, France
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing or Fullback
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Stade Foyen
Blagnac
Toulouse
()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1990–1996
1996–1997
1997–2005
Toulouse
Dax
Castres
()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1997–1999 France 12 (30)
Coaching career
YearsTeam
2005–2006
2006–2007
2008–2012
2014–2015
2015–
Mazamet
Castres
Brive
Albi
Toulouse

Ugo Mola (born 14 May 1973) is a French rugby union player and coach. He is currently the head coach of Top 14 club Stade Toulousain.

Contents

Rugby career

Playing

He made twelve appearances for France during his career, between 1997 and 1999. [1] He scored a hat-trick of tries against Namibia in the 1999 Rugby World Cup. [2]

Coaching

Mola became Head coach of Stade Toulousain in the summer of 2015. He coaches a fast, off-loading, carefree approach, and has a strong squad, [3] and sees top-level success as a long term project. [4]

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References

  1. "Ugo Mola". ESPN. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  2. "Mola hat-trick spares French blushes". ESPN. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  3. "French flair and a winning mindset: How Ugo Mola has revitalised Toulouse into European giants once more". Belfasttelegraph.
  4. "Exeter v Toulouse (Sat)". BBC Sport.