Cédric Heymans (born 20 July 1978) is a French formerrugby union footballer who played mainly as awing or afull-back for FrenchTop 14 clubToulouse and theFrance national team.

Cédric Heymans

Heymans withToulouse in 2008
Birth name	Cédric Heymans
Date of birth	(1978-07-20)20 July 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Brive-la-Gaillarde, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing,Full-back Youth career 1993-1996 Brive Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1996-1997 Brive () 1997-2001 Agen () 2001-2011 Toulouse 260 (435) 2011-2013 Bayonne 34 (11) Correct as of 30 March 2013 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2000-2011 France 59 (8016t) Correct as of 8 October 2011 Coaching career Years Team 2013–2015 Toulouse (U18)

Known for his pace and his footwork, he started his club career withBrive where he won theHeineken Cup in 1997 before moving toAgen, where he stayed four seasons. He then moved to Toulouse in 2001 and won the Heineken Cup three times and the Top 14 twice. After ten years spent with the most successful club in France, he played two seasons forBayonne before retiring in 2013.

Heymans scored 16 tries for theFrance national team within 59 caps. He won theSix Nations Championship three times, including oneGrand Slam in2004.

Cédric Heymans was born on 20 July 1978 inBrive-la-Gaillarde,Corrèze.^[1] He started rugby inMeyssac, his hometown near Brive-la-Gaillarde, and then moved to French elite clubBrive later.^[2]

Heymans made his debut for France in a match againstItaly in Paris as a reserve during the2000 Six Nations Championship. He made one other appearance for France that year, starting in a match againstRomania inBucharest.^[1]

In 2002, he started in two subsequent matches for the national side later that year, in the 30–10 win overSouth Africa inMarseille as well as the draw against theAll Blacks in Paris. In 2004, he started against theUnited States, and was a reserve in a subsequent match againstCanada. He received a further three national caps that year, starting in the win overAustralia, as well as in the losses toArgentina and theAll Blacks.^[3]

Heymans earned 8 caps for France during 2005, playing in the2005 Six Nations Championship matches againstIreland and Italy as well as subsequent matches against the Springboks, Australia and Canada. In 2006, he played in three tests for France during the2006 Six Nations Championship, as well as the2006 mid-year rugby tests against Romania and the Springboks.^[3]

Heymans was the only person to have won the Heineken Cup on four occasions, having won it with Brive in 1997 and then withToulouse three times in 2003, 2005 and 2010. However after the2017–18 Champions Cup this record was equalled byIsa Nacewa,Johnny Sexton andDevin Toner as four time winners. He is also the youngest player to be involved in a final.^[4]

In 2010, he was selected in theFrench Barbarians squad to playTonga on 26 November.^[5] After missing out on selection for the2011 Six Nations Championship, Heymans was named in the French squad for the2011 Rugby World Cup.^[6]

Heymans and his wife Justine have three children.^[7]

He currently works as a commentator and pundit forCanal+, and as a chief commercial officer for French fruit manufacturing company and Brive sponsorAndros as well.^[8]

• Heineken Cup:1996–97

• Heineken Cup:2002–03,2004–05,2009–10
• Top 14:2007–08,2010–11

• Six Nations Championship:2004 (Grand Slam),2006,2007

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