Konstantin Rachkov (; born 8 October 1978) is a Russian

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

footballer who plays as a fly-half. He played in

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

for

US Montauban US Montauban () is a French rugby union club that currently competes in Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system. They have also competed at the top level, Top 14, in the past, most recently between 2007 and 2010. The ...

(2001/02-2003/04),

Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne (commonly known as Aurillac) is a French professional rugby union club that was founded in 1904 and currently play in the Pro D2, the second division of French rugby. Aurillac`s home matches are mostly played at ...

(2004/05),

Lyon OU Lyon Olympique Universitaire Rugby or LOU is a French professional rugby union team based in Lyon that currently competes in the Top 14, the highest level of the country's professional league system, having been most recently promoted for the 20 ...

(2005/06),

Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby Tarbes (; Gascon language, Gascon: ''Tarba'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of southwestern France. It is ...

(2006/07), Avenir Valencien (2007/08),

Provence Rugby Provence Rugby () is a French rugby union club currently playing in Pro D2, the second tier of France's league system. They were promoted back to the second level for the 2018–19 season after two seasons in Fédérale 1. Based in Aix-en-Provenc ...

(2008/09-2009/10) and Rugby Club Stade Phocéen (2010/11-2011/12). He returned to

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

to play for Bulava Taganrog in 2012/13. He was one of the leading players and top scorers for

, from 1997 to 2011, with 44 caps and 10 tries, 51 conversions, 36 penalties and 10 drop goals, 316 points on aggregate. Rachkov was part of the Russian squad at the

2011 Rugby World Cup The 2011 Rugby World Cup, was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The World Rugby, International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japa ...

. He played in all the four games, scoring 1 try, 4 conversions, 1 penalty and 1 drop goal, 19 points on aggregate. He left the National Team after the competition.

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2011 Rugby World Cup Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rachkov, Denis 1978 births Living people Kazakhstani rugby union players Russian rugby union players Russia international rugby union players Rugby union fly-halves Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne players Lyon OU Rugby players Stado Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby players Russian expatriate rugby union players Russian expatriate sportspeople in France Kazakhstani expatriate sportspeople in France Kazakhstani expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in France Provence Rugby players Sportspeople from Almaty US Montauban players 2011 Rugby World Cup players