Damien Couturier (born 9 July 1981 in

L'Union L'Union (; oc, Sent Joan le Nòu) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is a suburb of Toulouse, located just to the northeast of the city. History L'Union was founded in the 1790s after the fusion of ''Belbè ...

) is a French former professional

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 11 ...

footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s, and has

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ed in the 2010s. He played in the

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for

Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, that competes in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby league. The club has won five league championships, and one Challen ...

, Leigh Centurions and

Toulouse Olympique Toulouse Olympique or TO XIII is a professional rugby league club in Toulouse, south-west France. Founded in 1937, two years after the French Rugby League Federation, the club is a six-time winner of the French Rugby League Championship. The ...

, and at international level for

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. He was a

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-kicking whose most notable achievement as a player was helping

achieve promotion to Super League in 2006. Following the end of his playing career, Couturier became assistant coach of

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Toulouse Olympique Squad List
1984 births Living people People from L'Union Sportspeople from Haute-Garonne French rugby league players France national rugby league team players Hull Kingston Rovers players Leigh Leopards players Rugby league centres Toulouse Olympique players French rugby league coaches {{France-rugbyleague-bio-stub