Alexandre Albouy

Alexandre Albouy
Date of birth (1979-05-26) May 26, 1979
Place of birth Castres, France
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 70 kg (11 st 0 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Scrum-half
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1998–2006
2006–2009
2009–
Castres
Stade Français
Castres
119
047
025
45
0(10)
00(0)
correct as of May 8, 2010.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2002 France 001 00(0)
correct as of May 8, 2010.

Alexandre Albouy (born May 26, 1979)[1] is a French rugby union player, currently playing for the Top 14 team Castres Olympique.

A scrum-half, Albouy went through the different levels of Castres – his home town – youth teams before signing his first professional contract in 1998.[1] On 2 February 2002, aged 22, he made his debut for the French national team during the 33–12 victory against Italy.[1] As such, he took part in France's Grand Slam that year, but this cap turned out to be his last. Nonetheless, he enjoyed a successful club career in Castres, with whom he won the European Shield in 2003. In 2006, he decided to switch clubs and joined French giants Stade Français. He struggled in his first season there and was used mostly as a substitute behind Agustín Pichot and Jérôme Fillol,[2] and therefore did not play a major role in Stade Français's title. After two more lukewarm seasons in the French capital, he returned to Castres at the start of the 2009–10 season. Again it looked like Albouy was going to start games on the bench more often than not, the spot in the starting XV being seemingly reserved to fellow international Sébastien Tillous-Borde, but the latter seriously injured himself early in the season,[3] and Albouy took his place and the captaincy.[4]

Honours

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Alexandre Albouy rugby profile". Archived from the original on 10 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  2. "Alexandre Albouy on Rugbyrama". Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  3. "Tillous-Borde porté disparu". Archived from the original on 12 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  4. "Deux capitaines pour gérer l'après-Nallet". Retrieved 2010-05-08.
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