Dimitri Szarzewski (; born 26 January 1983e) is a former French

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footballer. His usual position was at

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, and also represented

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...

. Szarzewski's first club was

AS Béziers Hérault Association Sportive Béziers Hérault ( oc, Associacion Esportiva de Besièrs Erau), often referred to by rugby media simply by its location of Béziers, is a French rugby union club currently playing in the second level of the country's profess ...

where he played from 2002 to 2004. He played five matches for Béziers during the

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, as a substitute against

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Neath RFC Neath Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Castell-Nedd) is a Welsh rugby union club which plays in the WRU Championship. The club's home ground is The Gnoll, Neath. The team is known as the All Blacks because of the team colours: black with on ...

and Leicester during 2002. He started the matches against Neath and Calvisano during the 2003 leg of the tournament. The following season, Béziers played in the 2003-04 European Challenge Cup, as opposed to the

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. He started against Connacht, and scored a try in the game, as well as playing in the matches against Grenoble and Bath. In 2004 he made his international debut for

on 10 July, in a match against

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. He played one match for France during the

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against

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. Although he did not play in any other

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games that year, he earned further caps for France with a match against Australia, as well as tests against Australia and

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. That season Szarzewski signed with Stade Français, where he played five matches for them during the 2005-06 Heineken Cup. Szarzewski played three matches during the

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, playing in the matches against

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and

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. He scored a try in the 21 to 16 victory over Wales. Stade Français made it to the semi-finals of the 2005-06 Top 14 competition, but were defeated by

Stade Toulousain Stade Toulousain () ( oc, Estadi Tolosenc), also referred to as Toulouse, is a professional rugby union club based in Toulouse, France. They compete in the Top 14, France's top division of rugby, and the European Rugby Champions Cup. Toulous ...

12 points to nine. He was subsequently included in France's squad for the mid-year tests against

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and the

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. He is married to Florence and has a son called Hugo and a daughter called Anna.

Honours

Stade Français Stade Français Paris Rugby () is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French clubs of the modern era. The ...

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: 2006–07

Racing 92 Racing 92 () is a French rugby union club based in suburban Paris that was formed in 2001 with the collaboration of the Racing Club de France and US Métro. They were called Racing Métro 92 between 2001 and 2015, when they changed the name t ...

: 2015–16

References

External links

his family life

baby Anna
RBS 6 Nations profileDimitri Szarzewski
on ercrugby.com

on lequipe.fr *
Dimitri Szarzewski
on statistics.scrum.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Szarzewski, Dimitri 1983 births Living people People from Narbonne French rugby union players Rugby union hookers Stade Français players French people of Polish descent France international rugby union players Sportspeople from Aude Rugby union players from Occitania (administrative region) AS Béziers Hérault players Racing 92 players