Joe El-Abd
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| Birth name | Joseph El-Abd | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 23 February 1980 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brighton, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Adam El-Abd | ||||||||||||||||
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Joe El-Abd (born 23 February 1980 in Brighton, England) is a rugby union player. He currently plays for Oyonnax in the French Rugby Pro D2.
El-Abd began playing rugby at Hove RFC and at the University of Bath, and after an unsuccessful spell with Bath Rugby, he joined Caerphilly RFC and later Bristol Rugby in 2003, where he has spent the best part of his career and become a regular fixture at open-side flanker.
As of 2008 he has made over 100 appearances for Bristol and captained the side on several occasions, being named the club's regular captain at the start of the 08/09 season.
He moved to Toulon in the French Top 14 in 2009 playing there until 2012, when he moved to Oyonnax.[2]
El-Abd has an English mother and an Egyptian father and is one of three brothers. His younger brother, Adam El-Abd, is a professional footballer playing for Brighton and Hove Albion in the Championship, and also for the Egyptian national football team
References
- ^ http://www.rctoulon.com/en/rct/joueur/el-abd/ Toulon RC Profile, accessed 7 May 2011
- ^ "Player Profile: Joe El Abd". Itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
External links
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Bath Rugby players
- Bristol Rugby players
- British people of Egyptian descent
- Alumni of the University of Bath
- People from Brighton
- English rugby union players
- RC Toulonnais players
- Expatriate rugby union players in France
- English expatriates in France
- English expatriate rugby union players