Christo Bezuidenhout

Christo Johannes Bezuidenhout (born 14 May 1970) is a Spanish-born former South African international rugby union, that usually played as a prop.

Christo Bezuidenhout

Full name	Christo Johannes Bezuidenhout
Date of birth	(1970-05-14) 14 May 1970 (age 55)
Place of birth	Tenerife, Spain
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Weight	116 kg (256 lb; 18 st 4 lb)
School	Hoërskool Zwartkop
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Current team Gloucester Rugby International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2003 South Africa 4 (0)

Biography

Born on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands (Spain), where his father worked as a telecommunications engineer.^[1] Bezuidenhout debut in the national rugby at Currie Cup in 1994, only to disappear for a few years, apparently to perform agricultural work on the family farm.^[1] He reappeared in 1999, when he was contracted by the Bulls in a professional level and the Pumas in the Currie Cup.^[1]

He started his career in the South Africa national rugby union team in 33 against New Zealand in the 2003 Tri Nations Series Tournament; A few months later he participated in the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia with only 3 appearances, which were his last international.^[2]

In 2004 he moved to England to Gloucester for a season,^[3] after which he retired from rugby.^{[citation needed]}