Timur Tekkal

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Timur Tekkal
Birth nameTimur Tekkal
Date of birth (1981-06-03) 3 June 1981 (age 40)
Place of birth Hannover, Germany
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number eight
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
?
 ?
- 2011
2011 - present
 Flag of Germany.svg Germania
Flag of Germany.svg DRC
Flag of Germany.svg Victoria
Flag of Germany.svg DSV 78 		?
 ?
 ?
16
 ?
 ?
 ?
(5)
Correct as of 30 April 2012
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2004 - 2009 Germany
Correct as of 7 March 2010
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
Germany 7's

Timur Tekkal (born 3 June 1981) [1] is a German international rugby union player. He was born in Hannover, and for the DSV 78 Hannover in the Rugby-Bundesliga.

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He made his international debut for Germany in 2004 against the Netherlands and his last game on 2 May 2009 against Russia. [1] [2]

He plays rugby since 1988. [3]

Tekkal has also played for the Germany's 7's side in the past, like at the 2009 Hannover Sevens [4] and the 2009 London Sevens. [5] He was also part of the German Sevens side at the World Games 2005 in Duisburg, [6] where Germany finished 8th. [7]

At the end of the 2010-11 season, Tekkal left Victoria Linden to join DSV 78 Hannover for the following season. [8]

Honours

National team

Club

Stats

Timur Tekkal's personal statistics in club and international rugby: [3]

Club

YearClubDivisionGamesTriesConPenDGPlace
2008-09 TSV Victoria Linden 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga 000002nd
2009-10 110001st
2010-11 120001st
2011-12 DSV 78 Hannover Rugby-Bundesliga 1610007th

National team

European Nations Cup

YearTeamCompetitionGamesPointsPlace
2006-2008 Germany European Nations Cup Second Division 35Champions
2008-2010 Germany European Nations Cup First Division106th — Relegated

Friendlies & other competitions

YearTeamCompetitionGamesPoints
2007 Germany Friendly10
  • As of 7 March 2010

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References

  1. 1 2 Timur Tekkal profile at scrum.com accessed: 7 March 2010
  2. ↑ Timur Tekkal (in German) DRV website, accessed: 30 April 2012
  3. 1 2 Timur Tekkal profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 7 March 2010
  4. ↑ Germany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens (in German) Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 2 March 2010
  5. ↑ Germany ready to take on world's best [ permanent dead link ] IRB website, published: 20 May 2009, accessed: 2 March 2010
  6. ↑ Timur Tekkal at the Worldgames 2005 website, accessed: 7 March 2010
  7. ↑ Rugby: Fiji assure gold medal in final seconds Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine World Games website, accessed: 27 January 2009
  8. ↑ TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012 (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 26 August 2011
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