Carlos Zalduendo
![]() Zalduendo at the France-Australia match in the Four Nations, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Carlos Zalduendo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Peralta, Navarre, Spain | 17 August 1952|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop, Second-row, Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 23 Aug 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title | Chairman of Toulouse Olympique | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carlos Zalduendo (French: Charles Zalduendo) (born 17 August 1952), born in the small town of Peralta in Navarre, Spain, is the President of the Toulouse Olympique rugby league club. He arrived in Toulouse in 1967 and discovered rugby league under the influence of his Latin teacher after having previously played handball. He played for Toulouse (1969–80), Villeneuve-sur-Lot (1980–82) and Saint-Gaudens (1982–84). During his playing career, he was selected 25 times to play for the French national team and beat Australia twice in 1978. He was twice French Champion with Toulouse in 1973 and 1975.
After his playing career, he became vice-president of the French Rugby League Federation between 1985 and 1994 and took the presidency of the Toulouse Olympique club in 1995.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Carlos Zalduendo "raconte sa ville"" [Toulouse. Carlos Zalduendo "tells about his city"]. www.ladepeche.fr (in French). La Depeche. 4 April 2007.
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- 1952 births
- Living people
- France national rugby league team players
- French rugby league administrators
- French rugby league players
- Saint-Gaudens Bears players
- Spanish emigrants to France
- Spanish rugby league players
- Toulouse Olympique players
- Villeneuve Leopards players