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Born | France | 19 February 1964||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 31 December 2023 Saint-Estève, France | (aged 59)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 29 January 2021 |
Mathieu Khedimi (19 February 1964 – 31 December 2023) was a French rugby league coach and player. He played as hooker or lock forward. He played his entire career for AS Saint-Estève with which he won several titles. An author of the rugby league literature considered him as "long the soul of the club".[2]
Khedimi was trained in rugby union in the ranks of USA Perpignan, reaching the Reichel Championship semi-final in 1982, under the guidance of the coach Louis Cros.[3]
In rugby league, he was part of the great Saint-Estève team, collecting the titles of the French Championship and Lord Derby Cup in the 1980s and the 1990s.
Finally, he earned 9 caps for France between 1987 and 1994,[2] taking part at the 1985-1988, 1989-1992 and 1995 World Cups. He was also the coach of AS Saint-Estève in 1998, with a French Championship and Lord Derby Cup title. Before his death, Khedimi was the French Rugby League Federation vice-president, along with Marc Palanques.
Mathieu Khedimi was father of the rugby league players Matthieu Khedimi and Romain Khedimi, the former being a French international.
In his civil life, he owned an earthworks company, after being a municipal police officer.[4]
Khedimi died on 31 December 2023, at the age of 59.[5]