Vincent Clerc

Infobox Rugby biography
name = Vincent Clerc
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|5|7
placeofbirth = Échirolles
dateofdeath =
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height = height|m=1.78
weight = convert|90|kg|stlb|abbr=on
nickname = Moses
ru_position = Wing|capital=yes
ru_nationalteam = France
ru_nationalyears = 2002-
ru_nationalcaps = 30
ru_nationalpoints = (100)
ru_ntupdate = February 10 2008
ru_amateuryears =
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ru_clubyears = 1998-2002 2002-
ru_proclubs = FC Grenoble Stade Toulousain
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ru_clubpoints =
ru_clubupdate = October 13 2007

Vincent Clerc (born May 7 1981) is a French rugby union player who plays on the wing. Although he is small, he is a dangerous finisher when given the ball.

Born in the city of Échirolles, suburb of the south of Grenoble (Isère), Clerc first played rugby at FC Grenoble, helping them reach the Top 16 before moving to Toulouse in 2002, where he has been playing ever since. He earned his first cap for France on November 9 2002 against South Africa, and was selected as a member of the 2007 Rugby World Cup squad. He scored 5 tries during the first two games of the 2008 Six Nations Championship against Scotland and Ireland. In a post-match interview after the match against Ireland Clerc stated to the French TV channel France 2 that he "never would have been able to score a hat-trick if Shane Horgan had been playing." Horgan and Clerc have had a long rivalry and, unfortunately for Ireland, Horgan was unfit to play.

Honours

*Stade Toulousain
**Heineken Cup (2003 and 2005)
**Top 14 (2008)

*France national team
**Six Nations Championship (2004, 2006 and 2007)