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| DATE OF BIRTH = 18 April 1983 | |||
| PLACE OF BIRTH = Bourg-en-Bresse, France | |||
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Clerc with Saint-Étienne in 2013 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | François Clerc | ||
Date of birth | (1983-04-18) 18 April 1983 (age 41) | ||
Place of birth | Bourg-en-Bresse, France | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Saint-Étienne | ||
Number | 29 | ||
Youth career | |||
1992–1997 | Bourg-Péronnas | ||
1997–2001 | Lyon | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2005 | Lyon B | 67 | (7) |
2004–2005 | → Toulouse (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2005–2010 | Lyon | 78 | (1) |
2010–2012 | Nice | 61 | (5) |
2012– | Saint-Étienne | 80 | (3) |
International career | |||
2005–2006 | France U21 | 3 | (0) |
2006–2008 | France | 13 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 October 2015 |
François Clerc (born 18 April 1983) is a French footballer who plays for AS Saint-Étienne as a right back.
Club career
Born in Bourg-en-Bresse, Clerc joined Olympique Lyonnais at the age of 14. After spending his first years as a senior with the reserves, he was loaned to Toulouse FC with which he first appeared in Ligue 1, making his debut in the competition on 14 August 2004 in a 4–1 away win against RC Strasbourg.
Returned to L'OL for the 2005–06 season, Clerc went on to become and important first-team member as the club won three national championships in a row, contributing with 62 league appearances combined in that timeframe. He battled with Anthony Réveillère for first-choice status during his tenure, appeared in 20 UEFA Champions League games but was also banned for four matches and fined €150,000 by the French Professional Football League, after he incurred in an illegal transfer agreement to Olympique de Marseille in 2006.
In the 2010 summer, free agent Clerc joined OGC Nice also in the top division. He scored a career-best four goals in his second year with the Côte d'Azur side, but it could only rank 13th.
On 9 July 2012, Clerc signed a three-year deal with AS Saint-Étienne. He scored his first and only goal of the campaign on 17 March 2013, helping the hosts come from behind for a 2–2 draw against Paris-Saint Germain FC.
International career
Clerc earned his first cap for France on 11 October 2006, in a 5–0 win over Faroe Islands for the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers. He was selected by coach Raymond Domenech for the finals in Austria and Switzerland, replacing longtime incumbent Willy Sagnol for the last and decisive group stage clash against Italy, which ended in a 0–2 loss and exit.
Honours
- Lyon
- Ligue 1: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
- Coupe de France: 2007–08
- Trophée des Champions: 2006, 2007
- Coupe de la Ligue: Runner-up 2006–07
- Saint-Étienne
References
- "Lyon: Clerc frappe à la porte" (in French). FIFA.com. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
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- Roy: «De grandes chances que Clerc soit avec nous» (Roy: «There is a big possibility that Clerc will be with us»); RMC Sport, 1 September 2010 Template:Fr icon
- Alexandre Chochois (9 July 2012). "Saint-Etienne: François Clerc (Nice) pour trois ans (off.)" (in French). Foot National. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
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External links
- L'Équipe stats Template:Fr icon
- François Clerc – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- François Clerc at National-Football-Teams.com
- François Clerc at Soccerway
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France squad – UEFA Euro 2008 | ||
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- Use dmy dates from May 2011
- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Bourg-en-Bresse
- French footballers
- Association football defenders
- Ligue 1 players
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- Toulouse FC players
- OGC Nice players
- AS Saint-Étienne players
- France under-21 international footballers
- France international footballers
- UEFA Euro 2008 players