Spike Salman is a

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international

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player who currently plays for French

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team

Racing 92 Racing 92 () is a French rugby union club based in suburban Paris that was formed in 2001 with the collaboration of the Racing Club de France and US Métro. They were called Racing Métro 92 between 2001 and 2015, when they changed the name to ...

. He grew up in

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however both his parents are

and he has strong family connections to the

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Career

He began his career Marseille Méditerranée in

and went through the regional selection system and got chosen by the FFR to follow their school and rugby formation course. He played for Toulon Espoirs for three years and then got scouted by

to play for their Espoir team and train with the first team. He is yet to make his senior debut for

. Salman earned his first cap in the

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, in the 10-72 defeat to

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. He scored his first and only international try so far in the same tournement, when playing in the 12-38 defeat to

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