German Davydov Explained

German Davydov
Birth Date:10 March 1994
Height:186 cm
Weight:99 kg
Position:Fly half
Currentclub:Strela Kazan
Years1:2013–2022
Clubs1:VVA-Podmoskovye
Years2:2022–present
Clubs2:Strela Kazan
Repyears1:2014–present
Repcaps1:31
Reppoints1:35
Clubupdate:11 July 2022
Repupdate:7 February 2022

German Davydov (born 10 March 1994) is a Russian rugby union player who generally plays as a fly half represents Russia internationally.[1]

Career

He was called up to join the Russian rugby sevens team for the 2013 Summer Universiade and was subsequently a key member of the team which won the gold medal in the men's rugby sevens tournament.[2] [3]

He made his international debut for Russia against Emerging Ireland on 13 June 2014 at the 2014 IRB Nations Cup.[4] [5]

He was selected to the Russian squad for the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series. He was also named in the national squad for the men's tournament at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[6]

He was included in the Russian squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup which was held in Japan for the first time and also marked his first World Cup appearance.[7] He was also part of the national side which participated at the 2020 Rugby Europe Championship and 2021 Rugby Europe Championship.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: German Davydov. ESPN scrum. 2019-09-14.
  2. Web site: 5 March 2013. Participating countries for Summer Universiade team competitions revealed. dead. kazan2013.ru. 27 June 2013. https://archive.today/20130628041304/http://kazan2013.ru/en/news_items/6363. 2013-06-28.
  3. Web site: Елена. Рязанова. Давыдов Герман - Регби Клуб "ВВА - Подмосковье". 2021-08-08. vva-podmoskovie.ru. ru-ru. 2021-08-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20210808103329/https://vva-podmoskovie.ru/team/vva-basic/item/48-davydov-german.html. dead.
  4. Web site: Russia v Emerging Ireland. ESPN scrum. 2019-09-14.
  5. Web site: 1 April 2014. Emerging Ireland to compete in Romania. RTÉ. 2021-08-08.
  6. Web site: 15 July 2018. Мужская сборная России по регби-7 вылетела в Сан-Франциско. Rugby Union of Russia. Russian. 2021-08-08.
  7. News: Состав сборной России на Кубок мира в Японию. 1 September 2019. 2019-09-14. Rugby Federation of Russia. The composition of the Russian national team for the World Cup in Japan. rugby.ru.
  8. Web site: 2021-08-08. 32 players will be preparing for the tournament. rugby.ru.