Philippe Benetton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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French rugby union footballer and coach
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Place of Birth: Cahors, Occitania, France
About Philippe Benetton
- Philippe Benetton (born Cahors, 18 May 1968) is a former French rugby union footballer and currently head coach of Tournon d'Agenais.
- He played as a flanker. Benetton had two teams during his career, Cahors and Agen, where he played until 2003.
- He won the French Top 14, in 1988, and the Challenge Yves du Manoir, in 1992, with Agen. He had 59 caps for France, scoring 7 tries, 34 points in aggregate, from 1989 to 1999.
- He played three times at the Five Nations, in 1993, 1997 and 1998, winning it the last two times, with a Grand Slam.
- He also played at the 1995 Rugby World Cup finals, in a total of three games, but got injured in the win over Scotland, and missed the rest of the competition.After ending his playing career, he became a coach.
- He first coached the French National Amateurs and Cahors (2005/06).
- He then joined Racing Métro 92 as forwards coach, serving in that role from 2006 through 2008.
- He was head coach at Limoges from 2009/10 to 2010/11.
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