Clément Depres (born 25 November 1994) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Depres started his career at

Nîmes Nîmes ( , ; ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Gard Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of Southern France. Located between the Med ...

in 2014, making 52 league appearances before suffering an ACL in early 2019, whilst he also had a spell on loan at

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. Following his return from injury, he signed for

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in 2021.

Early and personal life

Depres was born in

to parents originally from

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. He grew up in

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. As a child, Depres was a supporter of

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. Whilst in the youth teams at Nîmes, he obtained qualifications in accounting.

Club career

Nîmes

Having played youth football for SO Codognan and US du Trèfles Sommières, depres joined

' youth team aged 17. During Depres' first season with the reserve team, he had a right cruciate ligament injury, leaving him unavailable for most of the season, leading Depres to take up academy coaching at Nîmes. On 21 November 2014, Depres made his first team debut for

in a 2–0

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defeat at Créteil-Lusitanos, whilst the club was embroiled in a

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scandal. He signed his first professional contract with Nîmes in June 2015. Between his first team debut and the end of October 2016, Depres made 16 league appearances for the club, all as a substitute.

Châteauroux (loan)

On 1 November 2016, Depres joined

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club

on loan until the end of the season. In January 2017, Depres fractured the cartilage in his ankle in a 1–0 victory over

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, and subsequently had an operation on the ankle. He did not appear again during the 2016–17 season, having scored once in 8 appearances prior to his injury. Depres made his first start for Nîmes on 8 September 2017 in a 4–1 win over

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, and scored his first goal later that month in a 4–0 win over

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. He scored twice in 19 matches as the club were promoted to

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. On 23 January 2019, Depres scored twice in a 3–1 victory over

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before rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament later in the game. As a result, Depres left the pitch on a stretcher and was immediately taken to hospital to undergo examinations. He had scored 4 times in 17 appearances across the 2018–19 season prior to his injury. Despite the injury ruling him out of first team action until at least the following season, Depres extended his Nîmes contract until 2022 in March 2019. Having had surgery on his left knee shortly following his injury, Depres returned to individual training around the start of 2020, though had a further operation on his knee in summer 2020. He returned to Nîmes' first team squad in May 2021, and appeared as a substitute in the club's final match of the season, a 2–0 defeat to

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on 23 May, as Nîmes were relegated.

Rodez

In summer 2021, Depres signed for

club

on a three-year contract. He left Nîmes amidst dispute between himself and club president Rani Assaf. He scored his first goal for the club on 21 August 2021 in a 4–1 win over

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. He scored 4 goals in 27 appearances across the 2021–22 season, and scored 7 times in 34 games across the 2022–23 season.

Ratchaburi

On 3 July 2024, Depres travelled to Southeast Asia where he joined

club

. He make his debut on 11 August in a 3–2 lost to Nakhon Pathom United. Depres then scored his first goal for the club in a 4–1 win over BG Pathum United on 25 August.

Career statistics

References

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