Birth name | Marten Strauch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | September 25, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Heidelberg, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb; 198 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Marten Strauch's personal statistics in club and international rugby: [2]
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 |
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 |
Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points |
2007 | Germany | Friendly | 1 | 10 |
2008 | 2 | 0 | ||
2010 | 1 | 0 |