Nicolas Cloarec (born 24 July 1977) is a French former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
Cloarec started his career at Caen but failed to make a senior appearance for the club.
In 2002, Cloarec signed for Clermont Foot, where he made 64 league appearances.
He managed the club for almost nine years, during which time he oversaw promotions from Championnat de France Amateur 2 in 2011 and Championnat de France Amateur in 2016.
On 17 December 2018, after initially announcing a break from his role until the end of the year due to fatigue, the club announced that Cloarec was taking a break from football "to preserve his person".