Alain Penaud

Alain Penaud

Date of birth	(1969-07-19) 19 July 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Juillac, France
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Notable relative(s)	Damian Penaud (son)
Occupation(s)	CCO of Andros
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half Youth career 1982–1985 Juillac-Objat 1985–1987 Brive Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1987–1995 Brive () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1995–1998 Brive () 1998–1999 Saracens 24 (66) 1999–2001 Toulouse 13 (30) 2001–2005 Brive () 2005 Lyon 1 (0) 2005–2006 Stade Français 20 (19) 2006–2007 Lyon 24 (8) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1992–2000 France 32 (62) Coaching career Years Team 2005 Lyon (backs coach) 2006–2007 Lyon (backs coach)

Alain Penaud (born 19 July 1969) is a French former rugby union player who held the position of fly-half.

He was known for his vision of the game, his audacity and his ball carrying and played mainly for Brive, where he scored 449 points within 334 games all in all and won the Heineken Cup in 1997. Penaud is widely acknowledged as one of the best Brive players of all time. He later won French Rugby Union Championship (named at that time Élite 1) with Toulouse in 2001.

He was selected 32 times for the French national team and won the 1997 Five Nations Championship clinching a Grand Slam. His international career was restricted due to his strong personality and the tactical choices of many coaches. He has indeed never been selected for a World Cup, even though his career has covered five tournaments.

His son is French rugby union international Damian Penaud.