Marten Strauch

Marten Strauch
Birth nameMarten Strauch
Date of birth (1986-09-25) September 25, 1986 (age 38)
Place of birthHeidelberg, West Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight90 kg (14 st 2 lb; 198 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Correct as of 6 March 2010
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
Germany RGH
Germany SCN		 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2007 -  Germany 19 (40)
Correct as of 28 April 2013
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
Germany 7s

Marten Strauch (born 25 September 1986 in Heidelberg)[1] is a German international rugby union player, playing for the SC Neuenheim in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.

Strauch made his debut for Germany on 21 April 2007 against Ukraine.[1]

He has been playing rugby since 1991.[2]

Strauch has also played for the Germany's 7's side in the past, like at the World Games 2005 in Duisburg,[3] where Germany finished 8th.[4]

Honours

National team

Stats

Marten Strauch'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 17 7 0 0 0 3rd — Semi-finals
2009-10 16 11 0 0 0 5th
2010-11 5 1 0 0 0 5th
2011-12 9 2 0 0 0 4th — Semi-finals
  • As of 30 April 2012

National team

European Nations Cup

Year Team Competition Games Points Place
2006-2008 Germany European Nations Cup Second Division 4 5 Champions
2008-2010 Germany European Nations Cup First Division 2 0 6th
2010–2012 Germany European Nations Cup Division 1B 6 15 4th
2012–2014 Germany European Nations Cup Division 1B 4 10 ongoing

Friendlies & other competitions

Year Team Competition Games Points
2007 Germany Friendly 1 10
2008 2 0
2010 1 0
  • As of 28 April 2013

References

  1. ^ a b Marten Strauch profile at scrum.com accessed: 6 March 2010
  2. ^ a b Marten Strauch profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 6 March 2010
  3. ^ Marten Strauch at the Worldgames 2005 website, accessed: 6 March 2010
  4. ^ Rugby: Fiji assure gold medal in final seconds Archived 2009-01-16 at the Wayback Machine World Games website, accessed: 27 January 2009