Mike Tadjer
 Tadjer playing for Massy in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Mike Tadjer Barbosa 10 March 1989 Massy, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb; 231 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mike Tadjer Barbosa (born 10 March 1989) is a French-born Portuguese rugby union player who plays as a hooker for RC Massy in the Nationale, France’s third tier of rugby.
Club career
[edit | edit source]He first played at RC Massy, where he joined the first team in 2007/08. After a season at Racing Métro 92 (2008/09), where he won the French Pro D2, he returned to RC Massy, where he would play from 2009/10 to 2014/15. He has played since then at SU Agen (2015/16-2016/17), CA Brive (2017/18), FC Grenoble (2018/19), ASM Clermont (2019/20), US Montauban (2020/21), and currently plays for USA Perpignan, since 2021/22.[1][2]
International career
[edit | edit source]Tadjer earned 22 caps for Portugal, with 3 tries scored, and 15 points on aggregate. His debut was a 15-7 loss to Romania on 4 February 2012, in Bucharest, for the Six Nations B.
He was involved in Os Lobos' successful 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifying campaign.[3] He was selected to be a part of the Portugal squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. In their last pool stage game against Fiji, Portugal claimed a historic first win at the tournament; beating Fiji 23–24. Since Portugal didn't advance to the knockout stages, it was Tadjer's last match for his nation as he announced his retirement from international rugby.[4]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Tadjer was born in France to a Portuguese father and Syrian/Lebanese mother.[5]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Mike Tadjer (Clermont) à Montauban la saison prochaine, L'Équipe, 10 April 2020 (French)
- ^ Mike Tadjer Club Statistics (French)
- ^ Mike Tadjer International Statistics
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Massy, Essonne
- Portuguese rugby union players
- Portugal international rugby union players
- French rugby union players
- Portuguese people of Syrian descent
- French sportspeople of Portuguese descent
- French people of Syrian descent
- ASM Clermont Auvergne players
- CA Brive players
- FC Grenoble Rugby players
- Racing 92 players
- RC Massy players
- SU Agen Lot-et-Garonne players
- US Montauban players
- USA Perpignan players
- Rugby union hookers
- 2023 Rugby World Cup players
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- Portuguese sportspeople stubs
- European rugby union biography stubs