French rugby union player
Rugby player
Gaël Fickou
Born (1994-03-26 ) 26 March 1994 (age 31) Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Weight 100 kg (220 lb; 15 st 10 lb) Rugby union career
Gaël Fickou (born 26 March 1994) is a French professionalrugby union player who plays as acentre forTop 14 clubRacing 92 and theFrance national team .
Fickou made hisHeineken Cup debut on 14 October 2012, scoring the only try of the game in a win againstLeicester Tigers . His lithe movement, balance and pace for his size has seen him compared to English rugby legendJeremy Guscott .[citation needed
According to Toulouse and France teammate,Maxime Médard , Fickou "is one of the 10 best centres in the world and soon he will be number one. He reminds me ofSonny Bill Williams : tall, athletic, technical, with a good hand-off and a feel for the game. He has everything."[ 1]
After spending six seasons with Toulouse, he signed withStade Français for the start of the 2018–19 season.[ 2]
On 22 March 2021, Fickou would leave Stade Français to join withTop 14 rivalsRacing 92 ahead of the 2021–22 season.[ 3]
International career [ edit ] He made his French international debut at the age of 18 against Scotland on 16 March 2013 in the RBS 6 Nations.[ 4]
Fickou scored his first try for France againstEngland during the2014 Six Nations .
List of international tries [ edit ] International tries No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 1 February 2014 Stade de France ,Saint-Denis , FranceEngland 24 –2426 –242014 Six Nations 2 23 September 2015 Olympic Stadium ,London , EnglandRomania 36 –1138 –112015 Rugby World Cup 3 13 March 2016 Murrayfield Stadium ,Edinburgh , ScotlandScotland 18–10 29–18 2016 Six Nations 4 12 November 2016 Stadium de Toulouse ,Toulouse , FranceSamoa 43 –852 –82016 November test series 5 12 February 2017 Stade de France ,Saint-Denis , FranceScotland 11 –522 –162017 Six Nations 6 20 March 2017 Stadio Olimpico ,Rome , ItalyItaly 8–11 18–40 7 17 March 2018 Millennium Stadium ,Cardiff , WalesWales 11–8 14–13 2018 Six Nations 8 21 September 2019 Tokyo Stadium ,Chōfu , JapanArgentina 5 –323 –212019 Rugby World Cup 9 2 October 2019 Fukuoka Hakatanomori Stadium ,Fukuoka , JapanUnited States 17 –933 –910 6 February 2021 Stadio Olimpico ,Rome , ItalyItaly 3–15 10–50 2021 Six Nations 11 26 February 2022 Murrayfield Stadium ,Edinburgh , ScotlandScotland 10–17 17–36 2022 Six Nations 12 19 March 2022 Stade de France ,Saint-Denis , FranceEngland 8 –025 –1313 26 February 2023 Stade de France ,Saint-Denis , FranceScotland 30 –2132 –212023 Six Nations 14 18 March 2023 Stade de France ,Saint-Denis , FranceWales 32 –741 –2815 10 February 2024 Murrayfield Stadium ,Edinburgh , ScotlandScotland 13–8 16–20 2024 Six Nations 16 10 March 2024 Millennium Stadium ,Cardiff , WalesWales 10–11 24–45 17 16 March 2024 Parc Olympique Lyonnais ,Lyon , FranceEngland 28 –2433 –31
France Born in France, Fickou is one of six children. His dad is originally fromCasamance in Senegal and his mother is aFrench ofPied-Noir [ 5] [ 6]
^ Six Nations 2014: France eagerly await another burst of speed from zero-to-hero Gaël Fickou , by Hugh Godwin,The Independent , dated 9 February 2014.^ France centre Gael Fickou joins Stade Francais , uncredited author, "Sky Sports", dated 29 May 2018.^ "Confirmed: France star Gael Fickou is leaving Stade Francais to join Top 14 rivals" . Rugby Pass. 22 March 2021. Retrieved12 April 2021 .^ Kitson, Robert (16 October 2012)."Toulouse's Gaël Fickou looks ready to be rugby's next global superstar" .The Guardian . Retrieved3 November 2012 . ^ "Fickou : « Je sais que j'ai de la chance »" (in French).FFR . 17 March 2017. Retrieved12 February 2019 .^ Tournoux, Gilles (1 February 2020)."France-Angleterre : «Je n'aurais jamais pensé avoir cette vie-là», confie Gaël Fickou" [France v England: 'I never thought I would have this life', Gaël Fickou confides].Le Parisien . Retrieved13 November 2022 .
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