Frans Viljoen
Appearance
Full name | Francois Jakobus Viljoen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 22 October 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ficksburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb; 247 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Grey College, Bloemfontein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | North-West University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Francois Jakobus 'Frans' Viljoen (born 22 October 1982) is a South African rugby union footballer who plays as a loose forward.
Career
[edit]Viljoen represented the Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup and the Cheetahs in Super Rugby. He has had something of a nomadic career with spells playing for the Leopards and Griquas in his home country and Aironi in Italy. He has also completed short loan spells for Stade Français and the Griffons.[1][2]
Only 13 July 2013 it was announced that Viljoen would join French side Lyon.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "SA Rugby Player Profile – Frans Viljoen". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "Frans Viljoen itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ "Lou: Arrivée de Frans Viljoen en tant que joker médical". rugbyrama.fr (in French). 13 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.[permanent dead link]
Categories:
- Living people
- 1982 births
- South African rugby union players
- Rugby union flankers
- Cheetahs (rugby union) players
- Griquas (rugby union) players
- Free State Cheetahs players
- Leopards (rugby union) players
- Griffons (rugby union) players
- Stade Français Paris players
- Aironi players
- Rugby union number eights
- Afrikaner people
- People from Ficksburg
- Alumni of Grey College, Bloemfontein
- Rugby union players from the Free State (province)
- South African expatriate rugby union players in France
- South African expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- South African rugby union biography stubs