“The Brito family, their children Mike and Anthony, are saddened to inform you of the death of Max Brito, which occurred on Monday December 19 at 6:30 p.m.

Max was accompanied with dignity and without suffering on his last journey.

“It is in this press release, published on the Biscarrosse Olympique rugby website, that the family of Max Brito announced the death of the former rugby player, who had had three selections with his country.


MAX BRITO, EMBLEMATIC FIGURE OF THE OVAL BALL has bowed out.

The Ivorian Rugby Federation, through the voice of its president Dr Elvis Tano, extends its sincere condolences to his Biological family and to the entire Ivorian rugby family pic.twitter.com/2pNL1GfCrf

— Ivorian Rugby Federation (Official) (@FirOfficiel) December 20, 2022

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In 1995, when he was 27, the selection of Côte d'Ivoire called him to compete in the World Cup in South Africa, replacing his older brother, victim of pubalgia.

But on June 3, following a "dramatic tackle in the 3rd minute of the game against Tonga", the Elephants' last game in the competition, several players "fall on him" and his spine is affected. 

Actions to raise funds

Victim of a rupture of the spinal cord between the 4th and 5th cervical vertebrae and despite several emergency operations carried out at the hospital in Pretoria, he will remain quadriplegic.

His serious accident had deeply marked this edition of the World Cup and many actions had been organized to raise funds: the star of the All Blacks Jonah Lomu had thus sold one of his jerseys at auction for the benefit of Max Brito.

For several years, he had been living in a house adapted to his disability in the Bordeaux suburbs, according to the

Sud Ouest

newspaper .

Max Brito had founded an academy in his native country to help young boys and girls through sport.

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