François Clerc’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro French association football player
A.K.A. François Jacques Clerc
Is Athlete 
Football player 
Association football player 
From France 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 18 April 1983, Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Age: 37 years
Star sign Aries
Stats
Height: 187 cm
Weight: 77 kg

François Jacques Clerc (born 18 April 1983) is a French retired footballer who played 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 fall of 2010, free agent Clerc joined OGC Nice also in the top division after convincing manager Éric Roy his knee injury problems were a thing of the past. He scored a career-best four goals in his second year with the Côte d’Azur side, but they could only rank 13th.

On 9 July 2012, Clerc signed a three-year contract 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.

After two seasons with Gazélec Ajaccio in Ligue 2, the 35-year-old Clerc announced his retirement.

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

  • Coupe de la Ligue: 2012–13
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