Edmoore Takaendesa
Edmoore Takaendesa (born 11 November 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.
Birth name | Edmoore Takaendesa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 11 November 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 91 kg (14 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He made his debut for Germany on 19 April 2008 against Ukraine.
Takaendesa originally hails from Zimbabwe, a country he last played for in 2000, after which he moved to Germany. In Zimbabwe, he played for Old Hararians.[2] He was educated at the Prince Edward School there.[3] He is one of a number of Zimbabweans that left their country to play rugby in Germany.[4]
Honours
National team
- European Nations Cup – Division 2
- Champions: 2008
Stats
Edmoore Takaendesa's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[5]
Club
Year | Club | Division | Games | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Place |
2007–08 | RG Heidelberg | Rugby-Bundesliga | 14 | 2nd – Runners-up | ||||
2008–09 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5th | ||
2009–10 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2nd – Semi-finals | ||
2010–11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th – Semi-finals | ||
2011–12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th |
- As of 30 April 2012
European Nations Cup
Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points | Place |
2006–2008 | Germany | European Nations Cup Second Division | 2 | 0 | Champions |
2008–2010 | Germany | European Nations Cup First Division | 7 | 0 | 6th – Relegated |
Friendlies & other competitions
Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points |
2008 | Germany | Friendly | 1 | 0 |
- As of 5 March 2010
References
- Edmoore Takaendesa profile at scrum.com accessed: 21 March 2010
- Sables Would Have Been World-Class allafrica.com, accessed: 5 March 2010
- Former Prince Edward Star Player Praises School Boy Rugby zimbabwemetro.com, accessed: 5 March 2010
- Rugby Icon Dinha Speaks On Career Zimbabwe Independent, published: 9 July 2009, accessed: 5 March 2010
- Edmoore Takaendesa profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: March 2010
External links
- Edmoore Takaendesa at scrum.com
- (in German) Edmoore Takaendesa at totalrugby.de
- (in German) Edmoore Takaendesa at the DRV website
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