Silvère Tian

Silvère Tian

Personal information
Date of birth	July 19, 1980
Place of birth	Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	85 kg (13 st 5 lb)
Club information
Position	Fullback
Current club	Oyonnax
Youth clubs
Years Club 1986–1998 Abidjan
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points) 1998–2000 2001–2003 2003–2006 2006–2008 2008–2010 2010–2011 2011–2013 2013- Rodez Flers Tours Bourg-en-Bresse Oyonnax Bourgoin-Jallieu SU Agen Oyonnax 30 (77) 61 (351) 14 (30) 17 (30) 53 (30)
Representative teams**
1997– Ivory Coast 11 (19)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only and correct as of 16 January 2013. ** Representative team caps and points correct as of May 18, 2011.

Silvère Tian (born July 19, 1980 in Abidjan) is an Ivorian rugby union fullback, currently playing for the Top 14 team Oyonnax.

Career

Tian started playing rugby at age 6 in Abidjan.^[1] He took part in the 1998 Under-21 World Championships^[1] that were held in France^[2] and attracted the attention of the Rodez recruiters.^[1] He left for Flers after a difficult couple of years. After two years, he left for Fédérale 1 club Tours, where he stayed for three years. His breakthrough came when he joined Bourg-en-Bresse, whom he helped get promoted to Pro D2. He attracted the attention of Oyonnax, where he finished the Pro D2 top scorer for the 2009–10 Rugby Pro D2 season.^[3] He was then recruited by Top 14 team Bourgoin-Jallieu, but, due to their important financial troubles, they had to let him leave for Agen in February 2011.^[4]

Tian was handed a 16-month suspension following an indecent with a referee on 2nd April 2016. Tian was ticked off to have been given a yellow card and allegedly insulted and threatened referee Romain Poite. Poite decided that was worth a red card, and that’s where things got really interesting, as Tian had to be restrained by security. ^[5]

References

1. "Silvère Tian" (in French). Le Rugbynistère. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
2. "Rugby, championnat du Monde juniors : La région Midi-Pyrénées carrefour de l'ovale" (in French). La Dépêche du Midi. 1998-03-25. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
3. "Meilleurs réalisateurs de Pro D2 pour la saison 2009–10" (in French). LNR. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
4. "Bourgoin : Tian file à l'ennemi" (in French). Rugby-transferts. 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
5. http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2016/04/20/silvere-tian-top-14-rugby-suspension-referee-threat