Axel Müller (rugby union)

Axel Müller Aranda (born 25 November 1993) is an Argentine rugby union player.

Axel Müller
Full nameAxel Müller Aranda
Date of birth (1993-11-25) November 25, 1993
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016-2017
2017-18
2018 -
Toulon
Oyonnax Rugby
CA Brive
11
13
35
(20)
(25)
(40)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013
2015-2016
Argentina U-20
Argentina XV
?
3
?
(0)
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2013–present Argentina

Muller has signed with the French rugby club Toulon to play in the Top 14. He represented Argentina's under-20 team at the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship.[1] He was selected to play for Argentina at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

He is a former decathlete and played American football as a youngster.[4] At the age of 9 his father got a job in the United States so he moved with his family and lived in Ahwatukee in Phoenix, Arizona. They moved back to Argentina when he was 17.[5]

References

  1. "Toulon Set to Sign Sevens Star Axel Müller". Americas Rugby News. 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  2. "MULLER Axel". Rio2016.com. Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  3. "Argentina Rugby Sevens Squad for Rio 2016 Olympics". rio2016olympicsonline.com. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  4. "60 seconds with….Axel Muller". www.rugby15.co.za. 4 December 2013. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  5. Smith, Eric (31 May 2013). "Adjusting on the run: Former Ahwatukee resident Muller named to Argentina's national rugby team". Ahwatukee.com. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
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