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.

Timur Tekkal
Birth nameTimur Tekkal
Date of birth (1981-06-03) 3 June 1981 (age 43)
Place of birthHannover, Germany
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight98 kg (15 st 6 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number eight
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
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- 2011
2011 - present
Germany Germania
Germany DRC
Germany Victoria
Germany DSV 78
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16
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(5)
Correct as of 30 April 2012
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2004 - 2009 Germany
Correct as of 7 March 2010
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
Germany 7's

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

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National team

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Club

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Stats

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

Club

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Year Club Division Games Tries Con Pen DG Place
2008-09 TSV Victoria Linden 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 2nd
2009-10 1 1 0 0 0 1st
2010-11 1 2 0 0 0 1st
2011-12 DSV 78 Hannover Rugby-Bundesliga 16 1 0 0 0 7th
  • As of 30 April 2012

National team

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European Nations Cup

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Year Team Competition Games Points Place
2006-2008 Germany European Nations Cup Second Division 3 5 Champions
2008-2010 Germany European Nations Cup First Division 1 0 6th — Relegated

Friendlies & other competitions

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Year Team Competition Games Points
2007 Germany Friendly 1 0
  • As of 7 March 2010

References

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  1. ^ a b Timur Tekkal profile at scrum.com accessed: 7 March 2010
  2. ^ Timur Tekkal (in German) DRV website, accessed: 30 April 2012
  3. ^ a b 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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