Camille Lopez (born 3 April 1989) is a French

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

player. He plays as a

fly-half In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15). In addition, there may be up to eight replacement players "on the bench", numbered 16� ...

for

Bayonne Bayonne () is a city in southwestern France near the France–Spain border, Spanish border. It is a communes of France, commune and one of two subprefectures in France, subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques departments of France, departm ...

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 Association Sportive Montferrandaise Clermont Auvergne () is a French professional rugby union club from Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes that currently competes in Top 14, the top level of the French league system. Clermont are two t ...

, but in 2013 he moved from Bordeaux to

Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ; ) is the prefectures in France, prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales departments of France, department in Southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the Me ...

after scoring over 500 points. Later, in 2014 Lopez made the move to

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 François Trinh-Duc (; born 11 November 1986) is a former French rugby union player. Trinh-Duc's regular position was as a fly-half or inside centre. Early life Trinh-Duc was born in Montpellier. Trinh-Duc started playing rugby at the age o ...

. He was announced to be starting the first test against New Zealand and played well and scored his first international points with a penalty, after taking over the kicking duties from

Maxime Machenaud Maxime Machenaud (born 30 December 1988) is a French rugby union player. His position is Scrum-half (rugby union), scrum-half and he currently plays for Aviron Bayonnais, Bayonne and formerly of the France national rugby union team, France nation ...

References

External links

France profile
at FFR
ERC profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez, Camille Living people 1989 births Sportspeople from Oloron-Sainte-Marie French people of Spanish descent Sportspeople of Spanish descent French rugby union players USA Perpignan players Union Bordeaux Bègles players 21st-century French sportsmen ASM Clermont Auvergne players Aviron Bayonnais players Rugby union players from Pyrénées-Atlantiques France international rugby union players Rugby union fly-halves 2019 Rugby World Cup players