Manuel Wilhelm

Manuel Wilhelm

Full name	Manuel Wilhelm
Date of birth	March 12, 1980 (1980-15-12) (age 30)
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Lock
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	RG Heidelberg SC Neuenheim CAU Valencia RG Heidelberg
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	Germany	32
correct as of 21 March 2010.

Manuel Wilhelm (born 15 December 1980)^[1] is a German international rugby union player, playing for the RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.

Manuel Wilhelm plays rugby since 1986, first for RG Heidelberg, later he spent one season with league rival SC Neuenheim, before he went back to his club of origin RG Heidelberg. After his military service Wilhelm played one season for CAU Valencia in the first Spanish division, before returning to RG Heidelberg. He won two German championships (15s) with the later, in 2006 and 2007, five 7s-championships in 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009 and the German cup in 2004. He also plays beach rugby for the The Romantics B.R.F.C..^[2]

He is the founder of Germany's biggest rugby website, TotalRugby.de.^[3]

Honours

Club

• German rugby union championship
  • Champions: 2006, 2007
  • Runners up: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008

• German rugby union cup
  • Winners: 2004

National team

• European Nations Cup - Division 2
  • Champions: 2008

Stats

Manuel Wilhelm's personal statistics in club and international rugby:^[2]

Club

Year	Club	Division	Games	Tries	Con	Pen	DG	Place
2007-08	RG Heidelberg	Rugby-Bundesliga	13	2	0	0	0	2nd — Runners-up
2008-09			13	4	0	0	0	5th
2009-10			14	5	0	0	0	2nd — Semi-finals
2010-11			7	0	0	0	0	4th — Semi-finals
2011-12

• As of 25 August 2011

National team

European Nations Cup

Year	Team	Competition	Games	Points	Place
2006-2008	Germany	European Nations Cup Second Division	7	0	Champions
2008-2010	Germany	European Nations Cup First Division	10	0	6th — Relegated

Friendlies & other competitions

Year	Team	Competition	Games	Points
2008	Germany	Friendly	1	0
2009			1	0

• As of 21 March 2010

References

1. ^ Manuel Wilhelm profile at scrum.com accessed: 28 February 2010
2. ^ ^{a b} Manuel Wilhelm profile totalrugby.de (German) accessed: 28 February 2010
3. ^ Olympic rugby Expert opinions: Germany olympic-rugby.org, Interview with Manuel Wilhelm, accessed: 28 February 2010

External links

• Manuel Wilhelm at scrum.com
• (German) Manuel Wilhelm at totalrugby.de

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Name	Wilhelm, Manuel
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Date of birth	1980-15-12
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