Nasser Hussain (rugby union)

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|3|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Maharashtra, India

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| weight = {{convert|84|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}

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| ru_position = wing/fullback .

| years1 = 1998–03 & 2013–15

| clubs1 = Bombay Gymkhana

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| repyears1 = 1998–2008

| repteam1 = India

| repcaps1 = 26

| reppoints1 = 80

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Nasser Hussain (born 9 March 1980) is the former Indian rugby union player and the former captain of the India national rugby union team.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/Indian-rugby-team/article16569667.ece|title= Indian rugby team |date=3 June 2009|work=The Hindu|accessdate=13 February 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/events-tournaments/commonwealth-games/International-exposure-would-help-us-to-improve-before-CWG-Rugby-India/articleshow/5291887.cms|title=International exposure would help us to improve before CWG: Rugby India|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2 December 2009|work=The Times of India}} He plays for the Bombay Gymkhana Club in Mumbai, India, and has also played abroad for Tynedale R.F.C. & Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. His international debut was on 26 October 1998 in Singapore against the host country. He is nicknamed as El-Nino. As of 2008, he has 26 test caps and has scored 16 tries for his country.{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyindia.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155:nassier-hussain&catid=95:commonwealth-games-squad&Itemid=116|title=Rugby India Profile|accessdate=13 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312002942/http://www.rugbyindia.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155:nassier-hussain&catid=95:commonwealth-games-squad&Itemid=116|archive-date=12 March 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/23/stories/2007062355122000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626050841/http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/23/stories/2007062355122000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 June 2007|title= India to take on Guam |date=23 June 2007|work=The Hindu|accessdate=13 February 2010}}