Vincent Clerc
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| Date of birth | May 7, 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Échirolles, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Wing | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1998–2002 2002–2016 2016– |
FC Grenoble Toulouse Toulon |
315 0 |
(640) (0) |
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Correct as of 24 October 2015
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2002– | France | 67 | (170)34t |
Vincent Clerc (born 7 May 1981) is a French rugby union player who plays on the wing.
Born in the city of Échirolles, suburb of the south of Grenoble (Isère), Clerc first played rugby at FC Grenoble, helping them reach the Top 16 before moving to Toulouse in 2002, where he has played ever since. Clerc earned his first cap for France on November 9, 2002 against South Africa.
Clerc was left out of the French squad for the 2006 Autumn Internationals, but was called up as a replacement for Cedric Heymans for the match against Ireland during the 2007 Six Nations Championship. In a closely contested match at Croke Park, Clerc scored a last-gasp try to snatch a 20–17 victory for France.
Clerc was picked for the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
He scored 5 tries during the first two games of the 2008 Six Nations Championship against Scotland and Ireland. In a post-match interview after the match against Ireland Clerc stated to the French TV channel France 2 that he "never would have been able to score a hat-trick if Shane Horgan had been playing." Horgan and Clerc have had a long rivalry and, unfortunately for Ireland, Horgan was unfit to play. In the 2007 RBS 6 Nations tournament Vincent scored a last gasp try against Ireland. In the last game of that series of games Vincent Clerc helped France to trounce Scotland to give them the title.
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