Patrice Lagisquet (born 4 September 1962) is a former French rugby union footballer and a current coach. He played as a wing. He was nicknamed "The Bayonne Express". Lagisquet was born in

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. He first played at U.A. Gujan-Mestras, until moving to

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, where he played from 1980/81 to 1981/82. Then, he would represent

Aviron Bayonnais Aviron Bayonnais ( eu, Baionako Arrauna), commonly called Bayonne, is a French rugby union club from Bayonne (''Baiona'', in Basque) in Pyrénées-Atlantiques which, for the 2016-17 season, competed in the top tier of the French league system, ...

, from 1982/83 to 1991/92, and

Biarritz Olympique Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque (; ), usually known simply as Biarritz, is a French professional rugby union team based in the Basque city of Biarritz, Nouvelle-Aquitaine which competes in the Pro D2, the second division of French rugby. Biarritz p ...

, from 1992/93 to 1996/97, where he would finish his career. He made his international debut against Australia on 13 November 1983 at the Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin in Clermont Ferrand. France leading 9–6 at half time eventually drew the game 15-15. His last international game was a Rugby World Cup Pool 4 qualifier against

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on 4 October 1991 at the Stade de la Mediterranee in Béziers, that France won comfortably by 30–3. He won a total of 46 caps for

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, from 1983 to 1991, scoring 20 tries, 80 points in aggregate. He played at the 1987 Rugby World Cup, in five matches, and at the

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, in one match. He played 5 seasons at the Five Nations, in 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991, being a winner in 1988, and 1989. He also represented France XV, establishing a national record of 7 tries scored in the 106–12 win over

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, at 27 June 1988, in

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. Lagisquet started a coaching career, after ending his playing days, becoming the coach of Biarritz Olympique, from 1997/98 to 2007/08. He won the title of Champion of France three times, in 2001/02, 2004/05 and 2005/06, the Cup of France, in 2000, and was runner-up in the Heineken Cup, in 2006. He left his coaching position in 2008, to focus on his assurance work. As of July 2011, Lagisquet was Biarritz Olympique as Director of Rugby, until 2012 when he joined the French national set-up as backs and defence coach, He was assigned to be head coach of

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, in June 2019.Patrice Lagisquet vai ser o novo seleccionador nacional, Público, 14 June 2019 (Portuguese)
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