Christo Bezuidenhout

Christo Bezuidenhout
Personal information
Full name Christo Johannes Bezuidenhout
Date of birth (1970-05-14) 14 May 1970
Place of birth Tenerife, Spain
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 116 kg (256 lb; 18 st 4 lb)
School Hoërskool Zwartkop
Club information
Position Prop
Current club Gloucester Rugby
Representative teams
2003South Africa4(0)

Christo Johannes Bezuidenhout (Tenerife, 14 May 1970) is a former rugby player from South Africa of Spanish origin and ex pillar of Super Rugby.

Biography

Born on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands (Spain), where his father worked as a telecommunications engineer.[1] Bezuidenhout debut in the national rugby at Currie Cup in 1994, only to disappear for a few years, apparently to perform agricultural work on the family farm.[1] It reappeared in 1999 contracted by the Bulls in a professional level and the Pumas in the Currie Cup.[1]

He started his career in the South Africa national rugby union team in 33 against New Zealand in the 2003 Tri Nations Series Tournament; A few months later he participated in the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia with only 3 appearances, which were his last international.[2]

In 2004 he moved to England to Gloucester for a season,[3] after which he retired from rugby.

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