Wesley Fofana

Wesley Fofana

Fofana in 2014
Date of birth	(1988-01-20) 20 January 1988
Place of birth	Paris, France
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight	93 kilograms (205 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Centre,Wing
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
-2008 2008–	PUC Clermont	122	(195)
correct as of 18 April 2015.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2012–	France	33	(55)
correct as of 28 February 2015.

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's first sport was football which his father coached. He discovered rugby at his secondary school, the Georges Braque College in Paris. He continued playing at the University Club of Paris (no long associated with any particular institute), 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.^[2] 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
9.	9 February 2014	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Italy	30–10	Six Nations Championship
10.	8 November 2014	Stade Velodrome, Marseille, France	Fiji	40-15	Test Match
11.	22 November 2014	Stade de France, Paris, France	Argentina	13-18	Test Match

References

External links

• ERC Profile
• ESPN Profile