Mike Tadjer

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Tadjer and the second or paternal family name is Barbosa.

Mike Tadjer

Tadjer playing for Massy in 2014
Birth name	Mike Tadjer Barbosa
Date of birth	(1989-03-10) 10 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Massy, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	105 kg (16 st 7 lb; 231 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2015 2015–2017 2017–2018 2018–2019 2019–2020 2020–2021 2021–2023 2023– Massy Racing 92 Massy Agen Brive Grenoble Clermont Montauban Perpignan Massy 3 51 25 22 13 25 27 5 (0) (10) (15) (10) (5) (5) (0) (0) Correct as of 25 January 2024 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2011–2023 Portugal 22 (10) Correct as of 18 July 2023

Mike Tadjer Barbosa (born 10 March 1989) is a French-born Portuguese rugby union player who plays as a hooker for RC Massy in the Nationale, France’s third tier of rugby.

Club career

He first played at RC Massy, where he joined the first team in 2007/08. After a season at Racing Métro 92 (2008/09), where he won the French Pro D2, he returned to RC Massy, where he would play from 2009/10 to 2014/15. He has played since then at SU Agen (2015/16-2016/17), CA Brive (2017/18), FC Grenoble (2018/19), ASM Clermont (2019/20), US Montauban (2020/21), and currently plays for USA Perpignan, since 2021/22.^[1][2]

International career

Tadjer earned 22 caps for Portugal, with 3 tries scored, and 15 points on aggregate. His debut was a 15-7 loss to Romania on 4 February 2012, in Bucharest, for the Six Nations B.

He was involved in Os Lobos' successful 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifying campaign.^[3] He was selected to be a part of the Portugal squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France. In their last pool stage game against Fiji, Portugal claimed a historic first win at the tournament; beating Fiji 23–24. Since Portugal didn't advance to the knockout stages, it was Tadjer's last match for his nation as he announced his retirement from international rugby.^[4]

Personal life

Tadjer was born in France to a Portuguese father and Syrian mother.^[5]

References

1. Mike Tadjer (Clermont) à Montauban la saison prochaine, L'Équipe, 10 April 2020 (French)
2. Mike Tadjer Club Statistics (French)
3. Mike Tadjer International Statistics
4. "'We showed Portugal rugby exists': win over Fiji caps World Cup breakthrough". The Guardian. 9 October 2023.
5. "Mike Tadjer, qui es tu vraiment ?".