Thierry Cléda (born 12 January 1971) is a French former
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
international who represented
France
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as a lock in nine Test matches from 1998 to 1999.
A native of
Soissons
Soissons () is a commune in the northern French department of Aisne, in the region of Hauts-de-France. Located on the river Aisne, about northeast of Paris, it is one of the most ancient towns of France, and is probably the ancient capital ...
, Cléda came off the bench in all four matches of France's Grand Slam winning
1998 Five Nations campaign. His debut match, against England at
Stade de France
Stade de France (, ) is the national stadium of France, located just north of Paris in the commune of Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis. Its seating capacity of 80,698 makes it the List of football stadiums in France, largest stadium i ...
, was the first international to be held at the new stadium. He played a lot of his rugby with
Pau and was later the club's manager.
See also
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List of France national rugby union players
List of France national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the France national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match.
Note that the "position" column lists the position at w ...
References
External links
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1971 births
Living people
French rugby union players
France international rugby union players
Section Paloise players
Rugby union locks
Sportspeople from Aisne
People from Soissons