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| Full name | François Clerc | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | OGC Nice | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2004 | Lyon | 137 | (8) |
| 2004–2005 | → Toulouse (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2005–2010 | Lyon | ||
| 2010– | OGC Nice | ||
| International career | |||
| 2006– | France | 13 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 June 2008 | |||
François Clerc (born 18 April 1983 in Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain) is a French footballer who plays as a right back.
Club career
He joined Lyon as a youth player, but spent the 2004–05 season on loan at Toulouse FC before playing a league game for Lyon. Upon his return in 2005, Clerc broke into the first team and made 19 appearances in the domestic league and in Europe. Clerc battled with Anthony Réveillère for the right-back spot at Lyon, although Clerc has also filled in on occasion as a right sided midfielder/winger in the team's 4–3–3 formation, with limited success. He scored his first Ligue 1 goal for Lyon on 2 December 2007 against Strasbourg. He was banned for four matches because of an improper transfer agreement to Olympique de Marseille. Clerc left Lyon in the summer of 2010 after his contract expired.
As of 1 September 2010, Clerc was training with OGC Nice with an eye to earning a year-long contract.
International career
He was a member of the France U-21 team that participated in the European Under-21 Football Championship finals in 2006, making two appearances.
He received a call-up (although he would not feature in the match) to the French national team for their March 2008 friendly against Slovenia. He earned his first cap for France in the 5–0 win against Faroe Islands on 11 October 2006. He then went on to take part in several matches as a substitute for Willy Sagnol, and was a starter in several games after Sagnol injured his knee in 2007. France coach Raymond Domenech seems undecided about who will succeed Sagnol at the right-back position, and he has also started Bacary Sagna and Lassana Diarra.
References
- French Professional Football League ban François Clerc for four matches
- OGC Nice Coach Eric Roy hopes to sign Clerc
| France squad – UEFA Euro 2008 | ||
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