Thomas Lièvremont (born 6 November 1973) is a French

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footballer. Thomas Lièvremont was born in

Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ; ) is the prefectures in France, prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales departments of France, department in Southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the Me ...

. His usual position was at number-eight. He was a part of the Biarritz team that won the 2005–06 Top 14, and runners-up of the 2005-06 Heineken Cup. He has also played for the France national team. He made his international debut for France in 1996 against

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, and was a part of their

1999 Rugby World Cup The 1999 Rugby World Cup () was the fourth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial international rugby union championship. It was the first Rugby World Cup to be held in the sport's History of rugby union#The professional era, professional era. Four a ...

squad. He is the brother of two other rugby players: Matthieu and Marc, who was appointed coach of the French team on 24 October 2007. Their sister was also a rugby player.

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Thomas Lièvremont
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Thomas Lièvremont
on ercrugby.com
99 RWC profile
1973 births Living people French people of Catalan descent Rugby union players from Perpignan French rugby union players USA Perpignan players France international rugby union players Romania national rugby union team coaches Rugby union number eights Biarritz Olympique players US Dax coaches French expatriate sportspeople in Romania US Dax players 1999 Rugby World Cup players French rugby union coaches {{France-rugbyunion-bio-1970s-stub Sportspeople from Catalonia