Vitaly Zhivatov (born 16 February 1992) is a

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

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 ...

player who generally plays as a back row represents

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internationally. He was included in the Russian squad for the

2019 Rugby World Cup The 2019 Rugby World Cup () was the ninth edition of the Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's rugby union teams. It was hosted in Japan from 20 September to 2 November in 12 venues all across the country. The opening matc ...

which is scheduled to be held in Japan for the first time and also marks his first World Cup appearance.

Career

He made his international debut for Russia against

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

on 8 November 2014.

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* Russian rugby union players Russia international rugby union players Villefranche XIII Aveyron players Living people 1992 births 2019 Rugby World Cup players Rugby union flankers Rugby union number eights {{Russia-rugbyunion-bio-stub