Jean de Villiers
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| Date of birth | 24 February 1981 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Paarl, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 103 kg (16 st 3 lb; 227 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Paarl Gimnasium | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Stellenbosch University | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Professional rugby player | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Leicester Tigers | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | ||||||||||||||||
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| Youth clubs | |||
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| Years | Club / team | ||
| 2002 | Western Province | ||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2001–2009 2005–2009 2009–2010 2010–2015 2011–2015 2015–2016 |
Western Province Stormers Munster Western Province Stormers Leicester Tigers |
37 53 23 13 52 2 |
(125) (90) (40) (25) (50) (5) |
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Correct as of February 2016
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1999 2000 2001–2002 2002 2002–2015 2006 2008 & 2013 2015 |
South Africa Schools South Africa Under-19 South Africa Under-21 South Africa Sevens South Africa South Africa XV Barbarians Springbok XV |
9 109 1 2 1 |
() () (35) () (135) (0) (10) (0) |
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Correct as of 26 September 2015
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| Men's rugby sevens | ||
Representing  South Africa
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2002 Manchester | Team competition |
Jean de Villiers (born 24 February 1981 in Paarl) is a former South African rugby union player. He started his career at wing, but now primarily plays inside centre. De Villiers plays for Leicester Tigers in the English Premiership, having previously played for Western Province in the Currie Cup, the Stormers in Super Rugby and internationally for South Africa, for whom he was named captain in June 2012.
A product of Paarl Gimnasium, the nursery of many a future South African star player (among them past international teammate Marius Joubert and South African back-rower Schalk Burger), De Villiers made his first impact at international level in the South African Sevens team, playing in ten of the eleven legs of the 2001–02 World Sevens Series, helping his country finish in second spot. He was also a member of the squad that finished third in the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Also in 2002, he made his first international impact in the 15-man game at the U-21 Rugby World Cup, scoring four tries in the tournament for the victorious Junior Springboks.
He made his first senior-level appearance for South Africa in November 2002 against France, but suffered a major knee injury five minutes into the game. After regaining fitness, he became an important player in the Boks' 2004 renaissance, which saw them earn an unexpected victory in the Tri Nations Series that year. Both he and his former Paarl teammate Joubert earned a share of the try-scoring lead in the 2004 Tri Nations, with three apiece.
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