Bertrand Fourcade (born

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, 27 December 1942) is a former French rugby union player, a current coach and a sports director. He played as a fullback. Fourcade has an average career as a player for

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, where he won the French Championship, in 1967/68, and

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, never being capped for

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. He was more successful as a coach. He was in charge of FC Lourdes, when he was invited to become the coach of

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, in 1989. He would be the coach of the Italian squad until 1993. During the

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, he achieved a win over the

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(30-9), but was eliminated after the 1st round. He was the coach of the France Universities national team, from 1996 to 2000. Fourcade moved once more to Italy, where he would coach

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, from 2003/04 to 2004/05. He returned then to France, where he coached FC Lourdes, in 2008/09.

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Bertrand Fourcade Player Statistics
1942 births Living people French rugby union coaches French rugby union players Rugby union fullbacks Sportspeople from Hautes-Pyrénées {{France-rugbyunion-bio-stub