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Oghenemaro Miles Itoje (born 28 October 1994) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for Premiership Rugby club Saracens and the England national team.
Itoje signed his first professional contract with Saracens in 2012, and made his first appearance the following year. He received his first-call up to the England team in 2016 ahead of the annual Six Nations Championship, and became a firm favourite to both Saracens and England fans.
So far in his rugby career, he has won five English Premiership titles with Saracens, three European Rugby Champions Cup titles, and three Six Nations Championship titles. Itoje has been selected for two British & Irish Lions tours and in the second tour was voted the Lions Player of the Series by his peers.
He was nominated for the World Rugby Men's 15s Player of the Year three times, in 2016, 2017 and 2021.
