Patrice Collazo (born 27 April 1974) is a French

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 ...

footballer and coach. He played as a

prop A prop, formally known as a (theatrical) property, is an object actors use on stage or screen during a performance or screen production. In practical terms, a prop is considered to be anything movable or portable on a stage or a set, distinct ...

. Collazo has Galician ancestry. He is currently the head coach of

Racing 92 Racing 92 () is a French professional rugby union club based in the Hauts-de-Seine department, Paris' western inner Banlieue, suburbs that competes in Top 14. The club plays its home matches at the 30,681-capacity Stadium#Types, domed stadium Pa ...

. Whilst at Gloucester he started in the 2002 Zurich Championship Final (the year before winning the play-offs constituted winning the English title) in which Gloucester defeated

Bristol Rugby Bristol Bears (officially Bristol Rugby Club or Bristol Rugby) are a professional rugby union club based in Bristol, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded as Bristol Football Club in 18 ...

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1974 births Living people Sportspeople from La Seyne-sur-Mer Rugby union players from Var (department) Rugby union props French rugby union players Stade Toulousain players Gloucester Rugby players Barbarian F.C. players CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde players French expatriate rugby union players in England France international rugby union players Racing 92 players RC Toulon players French rugby union coaches RC Toulon coaches CA Brive coaches Racing 92 coaches {{France-rugbyunion-bio-1970s-stub