 In the fall of 2010, free agent Clerc joined OGC Nice also in the top division after convincing manager Éric Roy his knee injury problems were a thing of the past.He scored a career-best four goals in his second year with the Côte d'Azur side, but they could only rank 13th.On 9 July 2012, Clerc signed a three-year contract with AS Saint-Étienne.