Serge Blanco is a former French rugby union player born in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1958 to a Venezuelan father and a Basque mother and raised in Biarritz. A fullback, with the wing as his alternative position, he played for Biarritz Olympique and won 93 caps for France, 81 of them at fullback, which was a record at the time. French supporters nicknamed him the Pele of Rugby. He scored the deciding try in the 1987 Rugby World Cup semi-final against Australia, won Grand Slams with France in the 1981 and 1987 Five Nations Championships and captained the side at the 1991 Rugby World Cup. He was among the first players inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 1997, and after retiring he served as president of Biarritz Olympique and of France's national professional league.
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played fullback for Biarritz Olympique and the French national side
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played fullback for Biarritz Olympique and the French national side
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born 31 August 1958
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He scored the deciding try in the semi-final of the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987
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