Tagir Gadzhiev also spelled as Tahir Gadziev (born 29 March 1994) is a
Dagestani
Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North Ca ...
rugby union
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player who generally plays as a
Flanker represents
Russia
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internationally.
He was included in the
Russian squad for the
2019 Rugby World Cup
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which is scheduled to be held in Japan for the first time and also marks his first World Cup appearance.
Career
He made his international debut for Russia against
Portugal
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on 13 November 2015.
References
Russian rugby union players
Russia international rugby union players
Living people
1994 births
People from Kizlyar
Rugby union locks
Sportspeople from Dagestan
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