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Birth name | Geoffrey Doumayrou | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 16 September 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Montpellier, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (14 st 7 lb; 203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Geoffrey Doumayrou (born 16 September 1989) is a French rugby union coach and former player. He played as a centre in the Top 14[1] and for the France national rugby union team.
Doumayrou began his career at Montpellier Hérault in his hometown. He made his Top 14 debut in January 2009 against Clermont Auvergne. He went on to make 59 appearances over the following four seasons, scoring a total of 8 tries in the process.
He joined Stade Français ahead of the 2012-13 Top 14 season. He made over 100 appearances for the club, scoring 25 tries in a five-year period that saw them win the 2014–15 Top 14 and the European Challenge Cup in the 2016–17 season.
Doumayrou joined Stade Rochelais ahead of the 2017–18 Top 14 season. At La Rochelle, he was part of the team that reached the final of the 2018–19 European Rugby Challenge Cup, the 2019–20 Top 14, and the 2020–21 European Rugby Champions Cup, finishing as runners-up on all three occasions.
He made his international debut for France against New Zealand during the 2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals. In total, Doumayrou won 13 caps for his country between 2017 and 2019.
In 2021, he returned to Montpellier Hérault. In his first season back at Stade Yves-du-Manoir, the club became champions of France for the first time. Doumayrou retired from playing in 2024 and took up the role of defence coach at Montpellier.
Honours
- Stade Français
- 1× Top 14: 2014–15
- 1× European Challenge Cup: 2016–17
- Montpellier
References
- ^ "Geoffrey Doumayrou Profile". Itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
External links
- France profile at FFR
- 1989 births
- Living people
- French rugby union players
- Sportspeople from Montpellier
- Rugby union players from Hérault
- Montpellier Hérault Rugby players
- Stade Français Paris players
- Stade Rochelais players
- Rugby union centres
- France international rugby union players
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- French rugby union biography stubs