Christopher Weselek Explained

Christopher Weselek
Birth Name:Christopher Weselek
Birth Date:27 July 1981
Birth Place:Essen, Germany
Height:1.85m (06.07feet)
Weight:900NaN0
Ru Position:Wing
Ru Amateuryears:1991 - 2001
2001 - 2002
2002 - 2010
Ru Amateurclubs: RG Heidelberg
Old Wesley
RG Heidelberg
Ru Amupdate:4 March 2010
Ru Nationalteam:Germany
Ru Nationalcaps:28
Ru Ntupdate:21 March 2010
Repsevensteam1:Germany 7's
Occupation:Police officer

Christopher Weselek (born 27 July 1981 in Essen)[1] is a rugby coach and retired German international rugby union player, having last played for the RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He is currently one of the successful rugby coaches in Germany.

He plays rugby since 1991,[2] when he joined the RG Heidelberg through the English Institute in Heidelberg. He played for the RG throughout his career, with the exception of spending a year in Ireland and playing for Old Wesley there.[3] With RGH Weselek won twice the German 15er side championship, 4 times the German 7er side Championship in one time the German Pokal.

Weselek originally retired from the German national team after the Netherlands game on 26 April 2008, his 25th international, but returned to the struggling German side for the game against Portugal on 27 February 2010.[4] [5]

Weselek has also played for the Germany's 7's side in the past, like at the 2008 and 2009 Hannover Sevens and the 2009 London Sevens.[6] [7] Weselek has 30 international 15er side caps and played over 20 international 7er side tournaments.

Since 2012 he is head coach of the Rudergesellschaft Heidelberg. Under his coaching the RGH won the German 7er side championship in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Weselek also coached the German unter 19 Team during the European championship in Portugal in 2015 where Germany ended up 5th place.

Honours

Club

National team

Stats

Christopher Weselek's personal statistics in club and international rugby:

Club

YearClubDivisionGamesTriesConPenDGPlace
2007-08RG HeidelbergRugby-Bundesliga82nd - Runners-up
2008-09100005th
2009-101240002nd - Semi-finals

National team

European Nations Cup

YearTeamCompetitionGamesPointsPlace
2006-2008European Nations Cup Second Division80Champions
2008-2010European Nations Cup First Division306th - Relegated

Friendlies & other competitions

YearTeamCompetitionGamesPoints
2007GermanyFriendly20

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/102190.html Christopher Weselek profile at scrum.com
  2. http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showPlayer/p,6/pid,33/Itemid,250/ Christopher Weselek profile at totalrugby.de
  3. http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1199 Christopher Weselek
  4. http://www.rugby-journal.de/index.php/basis/meldung/kader_fuer_em-spiel_gegen_portugal_nominiert/ Kader für EM-Spiel gegen Portugal nominiert
  5. http://rugbyrugby.com/news/story_25210230015.php 6NB: Last chance for Romania?
  6. http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/news/newsid=2031411.html Germany ready to take on world's best
  7. http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1104 Germany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens