Camille Lopez

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Camille Lopez
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Camille Lopez while at Clermont Auvergne in 2017.
Birth nameCamille Lopez
Date of birth (1989-04-03) 3 April 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Oloron-Sainte-Marie, France
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight86 kg (13 st 8 lb; 190 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Current team Bayonne
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2008–2009
2009–2013
2013–2014
2014–2022
2022–
Mauléon
Bordeaux-Bègles
Perpignan
Clermont Auvergne
Bayonne
20
86
13
173
29
(252)
(513)
(23)
(948)
(202)
Correct as of 26 September 2023
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013–2019 France 28 (167)
Correct as of 20 October 2019

Camille Lopez (born 3 April 1989) is a French rugby union player. He plays as a fly-half for Bayonne.

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Club career

In 2009 it was announced that Lopez would leave SA Mauléon and join Bordeaux, he became an integral part of their team. It has been reported that Lopez has been wanted by ASM Clermont Auvergne, but in 2013 he moved from Bordeaux to Perpignan after scoring over 500 points.

Later, in 2014 Lopez made the move to ASM Clermont Auvergne. [1]

International career

On 14 May 2013, Lopez was announced in the 2013 French tour of New Zealand. He was selected ahead of out of form François Trinh-Duc. [2] He was announced to be starting the first test against New Zealand [3] and played well and scored his first international points with a penalty, after taking over the kicking duties from Maxime Machenaud.

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References

  1. "Camille Lopez - ASM Rugby". Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. "Home". www.planetrugby.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015.
  3. "Camille Lopez and Adrien Plante will earn first caps for France on Sunday".