Date of birth | 16 October 1982 | ||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Toulouse, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 ½ in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb; 192 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fly-half, scrum-half | ||||||||||||||||
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Professional / senior clubs | |||
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Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
2000–07 2008 2008–11 2011 2012–16 2016- |
Toulouse Sharks (Currie Cup) Toulouse Sharks (Currie Cup) Toulon Lyon |
157 11 52 16 62 15 |
(675) (27) (285) (192) (301) (114) |
Correct as of 19 March 2017
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Super Rugby | |||
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Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
2008 2011–12 |
Sharks Sharks |
9 21 |
(5) (115) |
Correct as of 24 August 2015
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National team(s) | |||
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Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
2001–15 | France | 77 | (436) |
Correct as of 17 October 2015
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Frédéric Michalak (born 16 October 1982 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne) is a French rugby union footballer, who currently plays for the Lyon OU in the Top 14. His early career was spent playing for his hometown team, Toulouse, in the Top 14 and in the Heineken Cup. He moved to South Africa to play for the Sharks in the Super 14 after the 2007 Rugby World Cup, but after just one year with the Sharks he moved back to Toulouse. He has also played over 70 tests for France to date, and is the country's leading Test point scorer, achieving that milestone in 2015. Michalak originally played scrum-half but has played mainly at fly-half. He has appeared in advertisements for companies such as Nike and Levis.
Michalak made his debut for Toulouse in 1998. He was a member of the team that won the French championship in 2001 and the Heineken Cup in 2003 and 2005. Michalak made his first appearance for France against South Africa on 10 November 2001 and became a regular on the French side. He was selected as a member of the squad for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia and the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France. Michalak was also a part of the Six Nations French Grand Slam winners in 2004 and the champions of 2006.