Patrice Collazo

Patrice Collazo (born 27 April 1974) is a French rugby union footballer and coach. He played as a prop. Collazo has Galician ancestry. He is currently the head coach of Racing 92.

Patrice Collazo

Birth name	Patrice Collazo
Date of birth	(1974-04-27) 27 April 1974 (age 51)
Place of birth	La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	17 st 13 lb (114 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Youth career Toulon Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1996–2000 Bordeaux-Bègles () 2000–2001 Stade Francais 4 (5) 2001–2002 Gloucester Rugby () 2002–2005 Toulouse 66 (0) 2005–2008 Gloucester Rugby 46 (0) 2008–2009 Racing 92 8 (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2000 France 1 (0) Coaching career Years Team 2010–2011 Racing 92 (Academy Coach) 2011–2018 La Rochelle (Head Coach) 2018–2021 Toulon (Head Coach) 2022–2023 Brive (Head Coach) 2023–2024 Montpellier (Head Coach) 2025– Racing 92 (Head Coach)

Whilst at Gloucester he started in the 2002 Zurich Championship Final (the year before winning the play-offs constituted winning the English title) in which Gloucester defeated Bristol Rugby.^[1]