Cristian Bezzi (born May 13, 1975 in

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)Christian Bezzi player profile
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player who played for Viadana in the north of Italy until the season 2007-08. An established international, Bezzi played second fiddle to

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and

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for the majority of his career. In 2003, Bezzi made the

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squad to the World Cup in Australia. Since then he has captained Viadana to a number of achievements such as the final of the

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in 2004 and qualification for the

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in 2007. On 6 June 2008, Bezzi announced his retirement and now he works as assistant coach of Rugby Reggio Emilia's cadet squad.

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