Callie-Theron Visagie (born 9 July 1988) is a retired South African

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footballer. His regular playing position was hooker. He most recently represented the

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and the

Blue Bulls The Blue Bulls (), known for sponsorship reasons as the Vodacom Blue Bulls, is a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament and the United Rugby Championship. They are governed by their second team t ...

Currie Cup The Currie Cup () is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier domestic competition, four South African franc ...

. He was included in the Springbok squad for the 2014 Incoming tour. He previously played for the

Golden Lions The Golden Lions (), currently known as the Fidelity ADT Golden Lions for sponsorship reasons, are a South African professional rugby union team based in Johannesburg who compete in the annual Currie Cup. The team is governed by the Golden ...

Western Province Western Province or West Province may refer to: *Western Province, Cameroon *Western Province, Rwanda *Western Province (Kenya) *Western Province (Papua New Guinea) *Western Province (Solomon Islands) *Western Province, Sri Lanka *Western Provinc ...

and captained Maties in the

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. After initially joining the on loan from the for the

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, he joined on a long-term deal, signing until October 2016. Callie obtained his Bachelor of Accounting degree with Honours at

Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University (SU) (, ) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Sahara ...

, and subsequently qualified as a Chartered Accountant through the

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while simultaneously pursuing his professional rugby career. Following his career-ending injury in 2016, he moved to London and began working at

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Living people 1988 births South African rugby union players Western Province (rugby union) players Golden Lions players Lions (United Rugby Championship) players Blue Bulls players Bulls (rugby union) players Rugby union players from Paarl Alumni of Paarl Boys' High School Stellenbosch University alumni Afrikaner people Rugby union hookers Goldman Sachs people 21st-century South African sportsmen {{SouthAfrica-rugbyunion-bio-1980s-stub