Aratz Gallastegui Explained

Birth Date:	4 September 1976
Birth Place:	Berango, Basque Country, Spain
Weight:	160 lb
Ru Position:	Scrum-half
Ru Clubyears:	1986-2001 2001-2004 2004-2006 2006-2007
Ru Proclubs:	Getxo Artea RT^[1] Saint-Jean-de-Luz^[2] Gernika RT Getxo Artea RT
Ru Nationalyears:	1997-1999
Ru Nationalcaps:	7
Ru Nationalpoints:	(0)

Aratz Gallastegui Sodupe (born 4 September 1976 in Berango) is a Spanish former rugby union player. He played as a scrum-half. In his home region, the Basque Country, his name is often spelled as Aratz Gallastegi.

Career

He debuted for the Spain national rugby union team in a test match against Andorra on 8 November 1997. Gallastegui also played two matches of the 1999 Rugby World Cup for Spain against South Africa and Scotland, the latter being his last international cap for Spain.^[3] At club level, he mainly played for Getxo Artea RT.^[4] After retiring as player, Gallastegui became coach of Durango RT in 2008.^[5] ^[6] From 2014 he is the backs coach of Ordizia Rugby Elkartea.^[7]

Notes and References

http://elpais.com/diario/1999/10/24/paisvasco/940794013_850215.html ARATZ GALLASTEGI JUGADOR DE RUGBY "Jugar el Mundial ha sido un sueño de tres semanas"
Web site: SAINT-JEAN-DE-LUZ OLYMPIQUE PAYS BASQUE - Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia. 2020-11-19. aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus. es.
Web site: Aratz Gallastegui Sodupe. ESPN scrum. 2019-01-11.
News: 1999-10-24. Entrevista ARATZ GALLASTEGI JUGADOR DE RUGBY "Jugar el Mundial ha sido un sueño de tres semanas". es. El País. 2020-11-19. 1134-6582.
http://www.elcorreo.com/vizcaya/20081007/deportes/duranguesado/durango-ilarduya-ficha-aratz-20081007.html El Durango Ilarduya ficha a Aratz Gallastegi entrenador del primer equipo
Web site: Aratz Gallastegi Sodupe - Director de Rugby y Gestor de Club - Durango Rugby Taldea LinkedIn. 19 November 2020. LinkedIn.
Web site: Ordizi R.E. – Gernika R.T. . 2017-01-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170116145921/http://www.gernikarugby.com/ordizi-r-e-gernika-r-t/ . 2017-01-16 . dead .