Alain Penaud

Alain Penaud
Date of birth	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)
Children	2
Occupation(s)	CCO of Andros
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Fly-half
Youth career
1982–1985	Juillac-Objat
1985–1987	Brive
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
1987–1995	Brive
Senior career
Years	Team
1995–1998	Brive
1998–1999	Saracens
1999–2001	Toulouse
2001–2005	Brive
2005	Lyon
2005–2006	Stade Français
2006–2007	Lyon
International career
Years	Team
1992–2000	France
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.