About Sergio Parisse
Sergio Francesco Parisse is an Italian-Argentine former rugby union player. He is currently the lineout coach for French club Toulon. He played for the Italy national team from 2002 until the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Parisse is Italy's most-capped player, and currently the fourth most-capped player of all time. He was the first Italian rugby union player to be nominated for the IRB International Player of the Year, in 2008 and again in 2013. Parisse is widely considered one of the greatest number eights of the modern era, and among the greatest Italian rugby player of all time. He also holds the joint record of playing in five Rugby World Cups. His father, also Sergio, played for L'Aquila Rugby, with whom he won the Italian club championship in 1967 before his job with the Italtel took him to Argentina in 1970. Parisse played junior rugby divisions and his first senior division for Club Universitario de La Plata, at La Plata city. Although it was rumoured that he could go back to finish his career with his first professional club, Treviso, Parisse signed for Top 14 rivals Toulon.
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