Michel Tachdjian (born 6 June 1962) is a French former
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
international.
Tachdjian was a
Asnières-sur-Seine
Asnières-sur-Seine () is a Communes of France, commune in the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department and Île-de-France Regions of France, region of north-central France. It lies on the left bank of the river Seine, some eight kilometr ...
-born lock of
Armenia
Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...
n descent, nicknamed "the anaesthetist of Yerevan”. He was a CSM Clamart youth product and played in the
Racing Club de France
Racing Club de France, also known as RCF, is a French multi-sport club that was founded on 20 April 1882 under the name Racing Club.
Racing Club changed its name to Racing Club de France (RCF) on 21 November 1885. The club is located at the Bois ...
team that won the
1989–90 French Championship.
In the
1991 Five Nations, Tachdjian was capped three times by
France
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. He played in the first two matches, wins over Scotland and Ireland, lost his place for the Wales match, before returning for the championship decider against England.
See also
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List of France national rugby union players
List of France national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the France national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match.
Note that the "position" column lists the position at w ...
References
External links
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1962 births
Living people
French rugby union players
20th-century French sportsmen
France international rugby union players
Rugby union players from Île-de-France
Rugby union locks
Racing 92 players
Sportspeople from Asnières-sur-Seine
French people of Armenian descent