Alain Carminati (born 17 August 1966 in

Champagnole Champagnole () is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography Champagnole has the publicity tag of "Pearl of the Jura" and is a small town at the geographical centre of Jura tourism. It stands on th ...

, France) is a French former international

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

and

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer. He played as a Flanker and Number 8. He earned his first cap with the French national team on 23 October 1986 against Romania at Bucharest. He was called for the

1987 Rugby World Cup The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. It was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia – New Zealand hosted 21 matches (17 pool stage matches, two quarter-finals, the third-place play-off and the final) while Australia hosted 11 ...

, where France was runners-up to New Zealand.

Honours

* French Champions: 1993 with

Castres Castres (; ''Castras'' in the Languedocian dialect, Languedocian dialect of Occitan language, Occitan) is the sole Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administ ...

. . *

French Cup The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and professiona ...

: 1986 with

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: 1995 *

Five Nations Championship The Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) is an annual international men's rugby union competition between the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. The current champions ar ...

: 1988 and 1989

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* 1966 births Living people 1987 Rugby World Cup players AS Béziers Hérault players CA Brive players Castres Olympique players France international rugby union players France national rugby league team players French rugby league players French rugby union players RC Narbonne players Rugby league players from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Rugby union players from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Rugby union flankers Rugby union number eights Sportspeople from Jura (department) XIII Catalan players {{France-rugbyunion-bio-stub