Lionel Mazars (born 26 June 1984 in

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

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) is a French

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footballer. He mainly plays at inside and outside

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. His professional career started at

in the

Top 16 The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the French National Rugby League, also known by its French initialism o ...

's 2004-2005 season. He only made one appearance for the club however and moved to

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for the 2005-2006 season. With Narbonne he played 26 matches in his first season – including five appearances in the

European Challenge Cup The EPCR Challenge Cup is an annual rugby union competition organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the second-tier competition for clubs based in European leagues behind the European Rugby Champions Cup. From its inception i ...

. He stayed with the club for the 2006-2007 season, and made another 28 appearances, including five more Challenge Cup appearances. He was selected for

in their 2007 Tour to

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. He made his debut on 9 June 2007 against the

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