Thierry Dusautoir is a French rugby union player who currently plays for France at international level and Toulouse in the French Top 14 club competition. Dusautoir is considered as a strong ball carrier with good speed and possessing the right amount of strength to break tackles. Dusautoir was born in Abidjan, C�te d'Ivoire. He has a French father and Ivorian mother. He did not take up rugby until he was 16; before that, his favourite sport was judo. He is a graduate chemical engineer. He first played for Bordeaux-B�gles before moving to US Colomiers for one season, and then signed with Biarritz. He played in the final of the 2005-06 Heineken Cup at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, which Biarritz lost to Irish team Munster 23?19. Despite losing the Heineken Cup, Biarritz did manage to win the final of the 2005-06 Top 14 40?13 against Toulouse. 

November 18th, 1981 in Abidjan (Age 42)