Edgar Babou
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Edgar Babou is a Ivorian rugby union player. He plays as a prop and as a hooker.
Babou is been playing in France
in the most recent years. His most recent teams have been Union Bordeaux Bègles, at the Pro D2, from 2005/06 to 2006/07, Bobigny, in the Fédérale 1
, in 2007/08, Genevilliers, from 2008/09 to 2009/10, and more recently, Suresnes, in 2010/11.
Babou plays internationally for Ivory Coast, being also their captain. He played in the 2011 Rugby World Cup
qualifyings. He was one of the oldest players involved in the qualification, aged then 38 years old.
He also played for the African Leopards
, in a 20-10 win over the British Army Senior XV, at 23 November 2006, at the Aldershot Military Stadium, in Aldershot
.
Babou is been playing in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in the most recent years. His most recent teams have been Union Bordeaux Bègles, at the Pro D2, from 2005/06 to 2006/07, Bobigny, in the Fédérale 1
Fédérale 1
Le championnat de France de première division fédérale, a.k.a. Fédérale 1, is a French rugby union club competition, the highest level of amateur rugby. The competition has been organised by the Fédération Française de Rugby since 2000, when it replaced the B2 Group...
, in 2007/08, Genevilliers, from 2008/09 to 2009/10, and more recently, Suresnes, in 2010/11.
Babou plays internationally for Ivory Coast, being also their captain. He played in the 2011 Rugby World Cup
2011 Rugby World Cup
The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005...
qualifyings. He was one of the oldest players involved in the qualification, aged then 38 years old.
He also played for the African Leopards
African Leopards
The African Leopards are an African rugby union representative team, organised by the Confederation of African Rugby . The side will play an important role in promoting rugby in Africa...
, in a 20-10 win over the British Army Senior XV, at 23 November 2006, at the Aldershot Military Stadium, in Aldershot
Aldershot
Aldershot is a town in the English county of Hampshire, located on heathland about southwest of London. The town is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council...
.