Lionel Campergue
| Full name | Lionel Campergue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 24 November 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (216 lb; 15 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lionel Campergue (born 24 November 1987) is a French-born Portuguese rugby union player who plays as a hooker.[1][2][3]
Club career[edit]
Section Paloise[edit]
Campergue joined Pau Espoirs at 17 in 2004. He went on to make his debut in 2011 for the ProD2 side. For 4 years he played with the French side before leaving to join Colomiers.[4]
Colomiers[edit]
In his first season with Colomiers he helped them gain promotion to the ProD2. After a season returning to the ProD2 with only 6 appearances, Campergue joins Fédérale 1 side CA Périgueux.[4]
CA Périgueux[edit]
He spent 2 years at the club before joining rival side AS Macon Rugby.[4]
AS Macon Rugby[edit]
After only 14 appearances at the Fédérale 1 side he left.[4]
US Cognac / Union Cognac Saint-Jean-d'Angély[edit]
In 2016 he joined US Cognac playing one season before the team merged with Rugby Athletic Club Angérien to form Union Cognac Saint-Jean-d'Angély, where Campergue stayed for another 4 years.[4]
Bassin d'Arcachon[edit]
He joined Bassin d'Arcachon in 2021.[4] He announced he was retiring after the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
International career[edit]
Qualifying through his Portuguese mother,[5] he made his debut for the Portuguese national team in 2010 against the USA. He helped his national team qualify for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Lionel Campergue". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
- ^ "Lionel CAMPERGUE profile and stats". all.rugby. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
- ^ "Lionel Campergue". www.ultimaterugby.com. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
- ^ a b c d e f "Lionel CAMPERGUE - Player statistics - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
- ^ Hirigoyenberry, Propos recueillis par Patrice (2022-01-12). "Bassin d'Arcachon : rencontre avec Lionel Campergue, le talonneur du rugby club" (in French). ISSN 1760-6454. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
- ^ "Coupe du Monde de rugby : le talonneur du Bassin d'Arcachon qui va jouer sous les couleurs du Portugal". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 2023-06-24. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Portuguese rugby union players
- Portugal international rugby union players
- French rugby union players
- French sportspeople of Portuguese descent
- Portuguese people of French descent
- Section Paloise players
- Rugby union hookers
- 2023 Rugby World Cup players
- Rugby union players from Pyrénées-Atlantiques