Clément Depres

Clément Depres (born 25 November 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Championnat National 1 club Nîmes.

Depres started his career at Nîmes in 2014, making 52 league appearances before suffering an ACL in early 2019, whilst he also had a spell on loan at Châteauroux. Following his return from injury, he signed for Rodez in 2021.

Early and personal life Depres was born in Nîmes to parents originally from Pas-de-Calais. He grew up in Mus. As a child, Depres was a supporter of RC Lens. During Depres' first season with the reserve team, he had a right cruciate ligament injury, leaving him unavailable for most of the season, leading Depres to take up academy coaching at Nîmes. On 21 November 2014, Depres made his first team debut for Nîmes in a 2–0 Ligue 2 defeat at Créteil-Lusitanos, whilst the club was embroiled in a match fixing scandal. Between his first team debut and the end of October 2016, Depres made 16 league appearances for the club, all as a substitute. In January 2017, Depres fractured the cartilage in his ankle in a 1–0 victory over Boulogne, and subsequently had an operation on the ankle. He did not appear again during the 2016–17 season, having scored once in 8 appearances prior to his injury. Having had surgery on his left knee shortly following his injury, Depres returned to individual training around the start of 2020, though had a further operation on his knee in summer 2020. He returned to Nîmes' first team squad in May 2021, and appeared as a substitute in the club's final match of the season, a 2–0 defeat to Rennes on 23 May, as Nîmes were relegated.

Rodez In summer 2021, Depres signed for Ligue 2 club Rodez on a three-year contract. He left Nîmes amidst dispute between himself and club president Rani Assaf. He scored 4 goals in 27 appearances across the 2021–22 season, and scored 7 times in 34 games across the 2022–23 season.

Ratchaburi On 3 July 2024, Depres travelled to Southeast Asia where he joined Thai League 1 club Ratchaburi. He make his debut on 11 August in a 3–2 lost to Nakhon Pathom United. Depres then scored his first goal for the club in a 4–1 win over BG Pathum United on 25 August.

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