Clément Depres

Clément Depres (born 25 November 1994) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Rodez AF.

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. Whilst in the youth teams at Nîmes, he obtained qualifications in accounting.

Career
Having played youth football for SO Codognan and US du Trèfles Sommières, depres joined Nîmes' youth team aged 17. During Depres' first season with the reserve team, he had an 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. He signed his first professional contract with Nîmes in June 2015. Between his first team debut and the end of October 2016, Depres made 16 league appearances for the club, all as a substitute.

On 1 November 2016, Depres joined Championnat National club Châteauroux on loan until the end of the season. In January 2017, Depres fractured the cartilage in his ankle in a 1–0 victory over US 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.

Depres made his first start for Nîmes on 8 September 2017 in a 4–1 win over AC Ajaccio, and scored his first goal later that month in a 4–0 win over Tours FC. He scored twice in 19 matches as the club were promoted to Ligue 1. On 23 January 2019, Depres scored twice in a 3–1 victory over Angers SCO before rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament later in the game. As a result, Depres left the pitch on a stretcher and was immediately taken to hospital to undergo examinations. He had scored 4 times in 17 appearances across the 2018–19 season prior to his injury. Despite the injury ruling him out of first team action until at least the following season, Depres extended his Nîmes contract until 2022 in March 2019. 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 Nimes were relegated.

In summer 2021, Depres signed for Ligue 2 club Rodez AF on a three-year contract. He left Nîmes amidst dispute between himself and club president Rani Assaf. He scored his first goal for the club on 21 August 2021 in a 4–1 win over Valenciennes FC. He scored 4 goals in 27 appearances across the 2021–22 season, and scored 7 times in 34 games across the 2022–23 season.