Timur Tekkal

{{short description|German rugby union player}}

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| birth_name = Timur Tekkal

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|6|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hannover, Germany

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| height = {{convert|1.89|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|98|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}

| ru_position = Number eight

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| ru_clubyears = ? {{Clear}} ? {{Clear}} - 2011 {{Clear}} 2011 - present

| ru_proclubs = {{flagicon|GER}} Germania
{{flagicon|GER}} DRC
{{flagicon|GER}} Victoria
{{flagicon|GER}} DSV 78

| ru_clubcaps = ? {{Clear}} ? {{Clear}} ? {{Clear}} 16

| ru_clubpoints = ? {{Clear}} ? {{Clear}} ? {{Clear}} (5)

| ru_clubupdate = 30 April 2012

| ru_nationalyears = 2004 - 2009

| ru_nationalteam = Germany

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| ru_ntupdate = 7 March 2010

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| repsevensteam1 = Germany 7's

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Timur Tekkal (born 3 June 1981)[http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/96598.html Timur Tekkal profile at scrum.com] accessed: 7 March 2010 is a German international rugby union player. He was born in Hannover, and for the DSV 78 Hannover in the Rugby-Bundesliga.

He made his international debut for Germany in 2004 against the Netherlands and his last game on 2 May 2009 against Russia.[http://www.rugby-verband.de/?data[pageid]=51&data[subpage]=spielkader&data[kader]=1&data[playerid]=48q2n1 Timur Tekkal] {{in lang|de}} DRV website, accessed: 30 April 2012

He plays rugby since 1988.[http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showPlayer/p,6/pid,20/Itemid,250/ Timur Tekkal profile at totalrugby.de] {{in lang|de}} accessed: 7 March 2010

Tekkal has also played for the Germany's 7's side in the past, like at the 2009 Hannover Sevens[http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1104 Germany roster 2008 Hannover Sevens] {{in lang|de}} Hannover Sevens website, accessed: 2 March 2010 and the 2009 London Sevens.[http://www.irb.com/irbsevens/news/newsid=2031411.html Germany ready to take on world's best]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} IRB website, published: 20 May 2009, accessed: 2 March 2010 He was also part of the German Sevens side at the World Games 2005 in Duisburg,[http://www.duisburg.de/worldgames_archiv/en/teilnehmer/teilnehmer.php@id=726 Timur Tekkal] at the Worldgames 2005 website, accessed: 7 March 2010 where Germany finished 8th.[http://www.duisburg.de/worldgames_archiv/en/news/news.php@id=1195 Rugby: Fiji assure gold medal in final seconds] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527235459/http://www.duisburg.de/worldgames_archiv/en/news/news.php@id=1195 |date=2012-05-27 }} World Games website, accessed: 27 January 2009

At the end of the 2010-11 season, Tekkal left Victoria Linden to join DSV 78 Hannover for the following season.[http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/3014/41/ TotalRugby Wechselbörse 2011/2012] {{in lang|de}} totalrugby.de, accessed: 26 August 2011