Christo Ferreira

{{short description|South Africa international rugby union player}}

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| name = Christo Ferreira

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| birth_name = Christoffel Ferreira

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| birth_place = Welkom, Free State, South Africa

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|08|28|df=y}}

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| height = 1.71m

| weight = 73kg

| ru_position = Scrumhalf

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| province1 = Free State

| province2 = Northern Transvaal

| provinceyears1 = 1981–1986

| provinceyears2 = 1987–1988

| provinceapps1 = 45

| provinceapps2 = 14

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| repteam1 = South Africa

| repyears1 = 1986

| repcaps1 = 2

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| school = Welkom-Gimnasium, Welkom

| university = University of the Free State

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Christoffel 'Christo' Ferreira (born 28 August 1960) is a former South African rugby union player.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/southafrica/rugby/player/10021.html|title=Christo Ferreira|website=ESPN scrum|access-date=2019-10-24}}

Playing career

Ferreira played for Free State and Northern Transvaal in the South African provincial competitions and also for the Springboks. He made his test debut against the visiting New Zealand Cavaliers on 10 May 1986 at Newlands in Cape Town. He played in the first two tests against the Cavaliers and was then replaced by Garth Wright for the last two tests.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36916860|title=South African rugby test players 1949-1995|last=Jooste, Graham K.|date=1995|publisher=Penguin|isbn=0140250174|location=Johannesburg|pages=119–120|oclc=36916860}}

= Test history =

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No.	Opponents	Results (RSA 1st)	Position	Tries	Dates	Venue
1.	New Zealand Cavaliers	21–15	Scrumhalf		10 May 1986	Newlands, Cape Town
style="background: #D0E6FF;" \| 2.	New Zealand Cavaliers	18–19	Scrumhalf		17 May 1986	Kings Park, Durban

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No.

Opponents

Results
(RSA 1st)

Position

Tries

Dates

Venue

1.

New Zealand Cavaliers

21–15

Scrumhalf