Fabien Devecchi is a French

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who represented

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in the 2000 World Cup. He remains in a role at

Villeneuve Leopards Villeneuve XIII RLLG originally called Sports Athletic Villeneuvois XIII are a semi-professional rugby league team based in Villeneuve-sur-Lot in the region of Aquitaine in southern France. Formed in 1934, the first French rugby league club, the ...

, but no longer as head coach, having been replaced by Olivier Janzac in Mar 2021.

Playing career

Devecchi played for

Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As Fr ...

Widnes Vikings The Widnes Vikings are an English rugby league club in Widnes, Cheshire, which competes in the Betfred Championship. The club plays home matches at the Halton Stadium. Founded as Widnes Football Club, they are one of the original twenty-two rug ...

and Grand Avignon XIII. He played in twenty test matches for

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, including the 2000 World Cup and 2001 tour of New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.Fabien Devecchi
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Coaching career

On 9 March 2021 Villeneuve reported that he dismissed as head coach and replaced by Olivier Janzac.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Devecchi, Fabien 1975 births Living people France national rugby league team captains France national rugby league team players French rugby league players Paris Saint-Germain Rugby League players Rugby league halfbacks Sporting Olympique Avignon players Villeneuve Leopards coaches Widnes Vikings players