French tale about footballer (6,4)

I believe the answer is:

centre half

'footballer' is the definition.
(I know that centre-half is a type of defender)

'french tale about' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates anagramming the letters.
'french'+'tale'='frenchtale'
'frenchtale' with letters rearranged gives 'CENTRE-HALF'.

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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