Dean Parata
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| Born | 4 October 1991 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (13 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dean Parata (born 4 October 1991) is an Italy international rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for London Broncos in the Betfred Championship.
Parata has previously played for the Barrow Raiders, Toulouse Olympique and Featherstone Rovers in the Championship.
Background[]
Parata was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Early life[]
Of Italian descent, Parata attended Keebra Park State High School and played his junior rugby league for the Nerang Roosters in the Gold Coast, Queensland. After being signed by the Wests Tigers, he moved to Sydney and attended Holy Cross College, Ryde.
Playing career[]
Parata played 25 games for the Tigers in the National Youth Competition between 2009 and 2011.[3] At the time of his selection for the 2013 World Cup, Parata was playing for the Parramatta Eels' feeder team, the Wentworthville Magpies in the New South Wales Cup.[4] He later joined the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles in the same competition, and was selected to represent Italy at the 2017 World Cup qualifying tournament in 2016.[5] Parata was named as a shadow player for Italy at the 2017 World Cup.[6]
He played for the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles.
He spent the 2018 season playing for the Barrow Raiders in the Betfred Championship.
References[]
- ^ "Dean Parata". seaeagles.com.au. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ "Dean Parata". Rugby League Project.
- ^ "P". NYC Database.
- ^ "Italy name squad for RLWC2013". RLWC2013.com. 24 September 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ "Campese, Bergamasco in Italy RL squad". SBS. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ "Rugby League World Cup – Gli azzurri" (in Italian). Federazione Italia Rugby League. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Australian people of Italian descent
- Australian rugby league players
- Barrow Raiders players
- Featherstone Rovers players
- Italy national rugby league team players
- London Broncos players
- Rugby league hookers
- Toulouse Olympique players
- Wentworthville Magpies players
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