Christopher Weselek (born 27 July 1981 in Essen)Christopher Weselek profile at scrum.com accessed: 4 March 2010 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,Christopher Weselek profile at totalrugby.de accessed: 4 March 2010 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.Christopher Weselek at the Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 4 March 2010 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.Kader für EM-Spiel gegen Portugal nominiert Rugby-Journal, published: 19 February 2010, accessed: 4 March 20106NB: Last chance for Romania? rugbyrugby.com, accessed: 4 March 2010
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.Germany ready to take on world's best IRB website, published: 20 May 2009, accessed: 2 March 2010Germany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 2 March 2010 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 German rugby union championship Champions: 2006, 2007 Runners up: 2008 German rugby union cup Winners: 2004
National team European Nations Cup - Division 2 Champions: 2008
Stats Christopher Weselek's personal statistics in club and international rugby:
Club Year Club Division Games Tries Con Pen DG Place 2007-08 RG Heidelberg Rugby-Bundesliga 8 2nd — Runners-up 2008-09 1 0 0 0 0 5th 2009-10 12 4 0 0 0 2nd — Semi-finals As of 23 December 2010
National team
European Nations Cup Year Team Competition Games Points Place 2006-2008 Germany European Nations Cup Second Division 8 0 Champions 2008-2010 Germany European Nations Cup First Division 3 0 6th — Relegated
Friendlies & other competitions Year Team Competition Games Points 2007 Germany Friendly 2 0 As of 21 March 2010
References
External links Christopher Weselek at scrum.com Christopher Weselek at totalrugby.de Christopher Weselek at the Hannover Sevens website