Christian Carrère (born 27 July 1943 in

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), is a former French

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player. He played as a flanker.

Club career

He played for Stadoceste Tarbais and for

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, from 1964/65 to 1977/78. He reached the French championship finals in 1968 and 1971 and won the

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in 1970.

International career

He had 28 caps for

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, between 1966 and 1971, and became at the time the youngest team captain, a position he held 18 times. He played his first game on 27 November 1966 against

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, in

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, in a 9–3 win, and his last on 27 May 1971 against

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, in

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, in a 9–5 loss. He scored 4 tries, 12 points on aggregate, with the team. He won the

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, captained the French team to their first ever Grand Slam in

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and won it again in

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, drawing with

. He was selected for the Rest of the World team for the

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centennial in 1971. He published his autobiography, with Alain Gex, ''Carrère par Christian Carrère'' in 2006.Christian Carrère and Alain Gex, ''Carrère par Christian Carrère'', Jacb-Duvernet Editions, 2006

References

1943 births Living people Rugby union players from Tarbes French rugby union players 20th-century French sportsmen RC Toulon players Rugby union flankers France international rugby union players {{France-rugbyunion-bio-1940s-stub