Alexandre Flanquart
{{Short description|French rugby union player (born 1989)}}
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{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Alexandre Flanquart
| image = Alexandre Flanquart Stade francais 2012-03-03.jpg
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| birth_place = Cambrai, France
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|10|9|df=yes}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 2.06 m (6 ft 8 ½ in)
| weight = {{convert|120|kg|stlb lb|0|abbr=on}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.stade.fr/club/effectif-pro/7-alexandre-flanquart |title=Alexandre FLANQUART |access-date=2014-10-26 |archive-date=2014-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027004750/http://www.stade.fr/club/effectif-pro/7-alexandre-flanquart |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/france/player/48997 |title=Rugby World Cup |access-date=2015-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007084114/https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/france/player/48997 |archive-date=2015-10-07 |url-status=dead }}
| position = Lock
| amatyears1 =
| amatteam1 =
| ru_amupdate =
| years1 = 2008–2019
| years2 = 2019–2021
| years3 = 2021–2023
| clubs1 = Stade Français
| clubs2 = Bordeaux Bègles
| clubs3 = Provence
| apps1 = 163
| apps2 = 22
| apps3 = 32
| points1 = 30
| points2 = 0
| points3 = 0
| ru_clubupdate =
| repyears1 = 2013–2016
| repteam1 = France
| repcaps1 = 22
| reppoints1 = 0
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Alexandre Flanquart (born 9 October 1989) is a former French rugby union player. He played as a lock for Stade Français, Bordeaux Bègles, and Provence Rugby.{{cite web|title=Alexandre Flanquart Profile|url=http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player-14497.html|publisher=Itsrugby.co.uk|accessdate=10 November 2012}}
Career
Alexandre Flanquart began playing professional rugby in 2009 for Stade Français, the club he remains playing for six years later. Even though he signed with Stade Français in 2008, he didn't receive his first appearance until 2009, where he came off the bench on the 74th minute against Bourgoin. On this occasions, Paris were victors 20–6. He became a more consistent player the following season, making 16 appearances overall. His form for his club saw him called up to the French national side for the 2013 France rugby union tour of New Zealand. He earned his first cap on the 8 June, coming off the bench for Yoann Maestri on the 70th minute.[http://www.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/story/184725.html All Blacks edge out gutsy France] His has since then been a regular player in the French camp, being named in the squad for the 2014 and 2015 Six Nations Championship's, plus the 2014 end-of-year rugby union internationals squad.
References
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{{France Squad 2015 Rugby World Cup}}
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Category:French rugby union players
Category:Sportspeople from Cambrai
Category:Rugby union players from Nord (French department)
Category:Stade Français Paris players
Category:Union Bordeaux Bègles players
Category:Provence Rugby players
Category:France international rugby union players
Category:2015 Rugby World Cup players
Category:21st-century French sportsmen
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