Klaus Mainzer (rugby union)
Klaus Mainzer (born 2 February 1979 in Heidelberg, Germany) is a German international rugby union player, playing for the TV Pforzheim in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.
| Birth name | Klaus Mainzer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 February 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Heidelberg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Klaus Mainzer, born in Heidelberg, started playing joining local club Heidelberger TV. In 1998 he signed with SC Neuenheim. Since then he played for the SC Neuenheim. He only played one game for the club in 2009-10 because of contract disputes.
He earned his first cap for Germany in 2000 and played 15 times for Germany since then. His greatest success as a national team player was the promotion to Division 1 of the European Nations Cup in 2008. His last game for Germany was in a friendly against Switzerland in 2007.
On domestic level, he won two German championships with his club team in 2003 and 2004 against DRC Hannover and made losing appearances in the 2001 finals against DRC Hannover and again in 2006 against RG Heidelberg.
Not having played in SC Neuenheim's first team in 2010-11 because of disagreements with the clubs leadership, he joined newly promoted Bundesliga side TV Pforzheim for the 2011-12 season.[1]
Honours
Club
- German rugby union championship
- Winner: 2003, 2004
- Runners up: 2001, 2006, 2012
- German rugby union cup
- Winner: 1999, 2001
- Runners up: 2002
National team
- European Nations Cup - Division 2
- Champions: 2008
Stats
Klaus Mainzer's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[2]
Club
| Year | Club | Division | Games | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Place |
| 2008-09 | SC Neuenheim | Rugby-Bundesliga | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3rd — Semi-finals |
| 2009-10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5th | ||
| 2010-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5th | ||
| 2011-12 | TV Pforzheim | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3rd — Runners up |
- As of 25 August 2011
European Nations Cup
| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points | Place |
| 2006-2008 | Germany | European Nations Cup Second Division | 4 | 0 | Champions |
Friendlies & other competitions
| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points |
| 2007 | Germany | Friendly | 2 | 0 |
- As of 20 December 2010
References
- TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012 (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 26 August 2011
- Klaus Mainzer profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 25 February 2010