Timur Tekkal (born 3 June 1981)
accessed: 7 March 2010 is a German

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player. He was born in

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, and for the

DSV 78 Hannover DSV 78 Hannover, founded as ''DFV Hannover'' in 1878, is Germany's oldest rugby football, rugby club. The club played in the 2nd Rugby-Bundesliga under the name DSV 78/08 Ricklingen, having formed an on-the-field union with SV 08 Ricklingen, ano ...

in the

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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. He plays rugby since 1988.Timur Tekkal profile at totalrugby.de
accessed: 7 March 2010 Tekkal has also played for the Germany's 7's side in the past, like at the 2009 Hannover Sevens and the 2009 London Sevens.Germany ready to take on world's best
IRB website, published: 20 May 2009, accessed: 2 March 2010 He was also part of the German Sevens side at the World Games 2005 in

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, where Germany finished 8th. At the end of the 2010-11 season, Tekkal left Victoria Linden to join

for the following season.TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012
totalrugby.de, accessed: 26 August 2011

Honours

National team

* European Nations Cup - Division 2 ** Champions:

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Club

* German rugby union championship ** Champions: 2000 * German rugby union cup ** Champions: 2000

Stats

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

Club

* ''As of 30 April 2012''

National team

European Nations Cup

Friendlies & other competitions

* ''As of 7 March 2010''

References

External links

Timur Tekkal
at scrum.com *
Timur Tekkal
at totalrugby.de *
Timur Tekkal
at the '' DRV'' website {{DEFAULTSORT:Tekkal, Timur 1981 births Living people German rugby union players Germany international rugby union players TSV Victoria Linden players DRC Hannover players DSV 78 Hannover players Rugby union number eights Sportspeople from Hanover