Wesley Fofana

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Wesley Fofana
Rugby union career

Date of birth	(1988-01-20) 20 January 1988
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	90 kilograms (200 lb)
Playing career
Position	Centre,Wing
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
-2008 2008–	PUC ASM Clermont Auvergne	84	(130)
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2012–	France	22	40

Wesley Fofana (born 20 January 1988) is a French rugby union player, of Malian descent, who plays for ASM Clermont Auvergne and the France national rugby union team. He plays as a wing or centre, and won the Top 14 with Clermont in 2010. In France he is known as 'Le Guépard' (The Cheetah) for his pace.

Biography

As a youngster Wesley Fofana first sport was football which his father coached. He discovered rugby at his secondary school (the College: Georges Braque in Paris). He continued playing at the University Club of Paris (not associated with any institute of higher learning anymore). Before joining ASM Clermont Auvergne's youth team in 2008. He made his senior debut in 2009 and then helped the club win the French championship the following year.

He is an accomplished attacking back capable of playing both inside and outside centre as well as on the wing.

International career

He made his senior international debut for France in a Six Nations game against Italy in February 2012, scoring a try.^[1] He continued this excellent form, scoring in the next match versus Scotland and adding further scores against Ireland and then a 75th minute try against England scoring four tries in his first four ever international matches. In the 2013 six nations he scored a memorable 70 metres solo try against England in Twickenham from inside the French half evading several tackles on the way, however England won the game 23-13.He also scored against Stuart Hogg of Scotland on 16 March 2013 with a sublime side step

International tries

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result (France-...)	Competition
1.	4 February 2012	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Italy	30–12	Six Nations Championship
2.	26 February 2012	Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland	Scotland	23–17	Six Nations Championship
3.	4 March 2012	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Ireland	17–17	Six Nations Championship
4.	11 March 2012	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	England	22–24	Six Nations Championship
5.	10 November 2012	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Australia	33–6	Test Match
6.	23 February 2013	Twickenham, London, England	England	13–23	Six Nations Championship
7.	16 March 2013	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Scotland	23–16	Six Nations Championship
8.	8 June 2013	Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand	New Zealand	13–23	Test Match

References

↑ Standley, James (4 February 2012). "Six Nations: France 30-12 Italy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 February 2012.

External links

v t e ASM Clermont Auvergne squad

Forwards	Audebert Bardy Bonnaire Cabello Chouly Cudmore Debaty Domingo Faure Hines Jacquet Kayser Kotze Lapandry Paulo Pierre Ric Vermeulen Vosloo Zirakashvili

Backs	Buttin Byrne Delany Fofana Hume James King Lacrampe Malzieu Nakaitaci Nalaga Parra Radosavljevic Rougerie Sivivatu Stanley

Coach	Cotter

Persondata
Name	Fofana, Wesley
Alternative names
Short description	French rugby player
Date of birth	20 January 1988
Place of birth	Paris, France
Date of death
Place of death

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