Gérard Murillo (9 February 1932 – 11 October 2023) was a French rugby union player and manager.

Biography

Born in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

on 9 February 1932, Murillo played for Stade Dijonnais. He played his first international match for

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on 24 April 1954 against

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, and his last on 29 August 1954 against

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. As a manager, he briefly coached the Spanish national team between 1986 and 1992, having also been manager for from 1962 to 1981. Gérard Murillo died in Ciboure on 11 October 2023 at the age of 91.

References

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