Bayonne Full-back
Cheikh Tiberghien
- Position
- Full-back
- Country
- not available
- Age
- 26
- Born
- 8 Jan 2000
- Height
- 1.86 m
- Weight
- not available
- Caps
- not available
- Test tries · pts
- not available
Season by season
— means no data from the provider| Season | App | St | T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 Top 14 · Bayonne | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 2025–26 Top 14 · Bayonne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Minutes are not recorded in the match feed for these matches.
Last five matches
Match by match
4 tracked matches| Attack | Total |
|---|---|
| Running metres | 273 |
| Carries | 31 |
| Clean breaks | 6 |
| Offloads | 3 |
| Try assists | 3 |
| Passes | 22 |
| Defence | Total |
|---|---|
| Tackles made | 8 |
| Tackles missed | 3 |
| Tackle success | 73% |
Top 14 4 apps · 2 tries
| Match | Car | M | Tkl | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| v Stade Français 3 Oct 2026 · W 35–32 | 8 | 91 | 1 | 1 |
| v Racing 92 26 Sep 2026 · W 20–17 | 8 | 51 | 3 | 1 |
| v Clermont 19 Sep 2026 · W 46–24 | 3 | 57 | 1 | 0 |
| v Perpignan 6 Jun 2026 · W 52–7 | 12 | 74 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals 4 apps · 2 tries | 31 | 273 | 8 | 2 |
About Cheikh Tiberghien
He was in Real Sociedad's football academy until he was sixteen, then picked up a rugby ball for the first time.
Cheikh Tiberghien did not play rugby until he was sixteen. Until then he was a footballer, at Anglet and then in Real Sociedad’s academy. Four years after switching he was making his Top 14 debut.
He covers the whole back three and can play centre for Bayonne, and is 1.86m and 96kg.
He was born in Bayonne and started at the club, and the FFR moved fast once he committed: a place in the Pôle France group for 2019-20, and a silver medal with the France Under-18s at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.
Clermont took him into their academy in 2019 and gave him his first professional minutes in February 2020, away at Pau. He spent four seasons there without ever nailing down a shirt, and at the end of 2022-23 Christophe Urios decided not to keep him.
Four years is a long apprenticeship for a player who converted from another sport at sixteen, and Clermont were never short of back-three options while he was there. He left with a Top 14 debut and not much else.
So he went home. Bayonne signed him on three years and he started the opening round of 2023-24 against Toulouse. In October 2025 he re-signed for two more.
A footballer’s balance in a back three, which is not a cliché in his case but a literal description of where he learnt to move. What he has never had is a settled position. Being moved between 15, the wing and the midfield inside one season is useful to a coach and hard on a player trying to own a shirt.
At 26, with Sireli Maqala and Mateo Carreras ahead of him in the wide channels, the 15 shirt is the one worth fighting for.
Bayonne teammates
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Frequently asked questions
What position does Cheikh Tiberghien play?
Cheikh Tiberghien plays as a fullback for Aviron Bayonnais.
Which team does Cheikh Tiberghien play for?
Cheikh Tiberghien currently plays for Aviron Bayonnais.
How old is Cheikh Tiberghien?
Cheikh Tiberghien is 26 years old (born 8 January 2000).
How tall is Cheikh Tiberghien?
Cheikh Tiberghien stands 1.86m tall.
How many tries has Cheikh Tiberghien scored?
Cheikh Tiberghien has scored 2 tries and 10 points across 4 tracked matches.