Julien de Sousa Bardy (born

Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, , ; or simply ; ) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population of 147,284 (2020). Its metropolitan area () had 504,157 inhabitants at the 2018 ...

, 3 April 1986) is a French-born Portuguese former

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player. He played as a flanker.

Club career

He played for

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 ...

in the

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since 2009/10 to 2016/17. He won twice the

in 2009/10 and 2016/17. He played afterwards for

Montpellier Hérault RC Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the department of Hérault. At the 2020 census, 299,096 people lived in the ...

, from 2017/18 to 2019/20, when he finished his career, aged 34 years old.

International career

He is of Portuguese descent and decided to represent

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. He had 24 caps, with 5 tries scored, 25 points on aggregate, from 2008 to 2015. He had his first cap at the 13-21 loss to

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, at 1 November 2008, in

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, in a tour, when he played as a substitute. His final cap was at the 11-3 win over

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, at 28 February 2015, in

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* 1986 births Living people Rugby union players from Clermont-Ferrand French rugby union players Portuguese rugby union players Portugal international rugby union players French sportspeople of Portuguese descent Rugby union flankers ASM Clermont Auvergne players 21st-century French sportsmen {{portugal-rugbyunion-bio-stub