Benjamin Danso
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| Born | Benjamin Danso 9 January 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Benjamin Danso (born 9 January 1984)[1] is a German international rugby union player, playing for the Heidelberger RK in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.
Danso played in the 2011 and 2012 German championship final for Heidelberger RK, which the club both won.
He plays rugby since 2004. He originally played for the DRC Hannover in the Bundesliga but left the club after its relegation in 2009 to join Heidelberger RK.[2][3] He made his debut for Germany in 2006 in a game against Switzerland.[4] His final match was in 2016, in a test between Germany and Spain in Cologne.[5]
Honours
[edit | edit source]Club
[edit | edit source]- German rugby union championship
- German rugby union cup
- Winners: 2006, 2011
National team
[edit | edit source]- European Nations Cup - Division 2
- Champions: 2008
Stats
[edit | edit source]Benjamin Danso's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[2]
Club
[edit | edit source]| Year | Club | Division | Games | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09 | DRC Hannover | Rugby-Bundesliga | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9th — Relegated |
| 2009-10 | Heidelberger RK | Rugby-Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3rd — Champions |
| 2010-11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1st — Champions | ||
| 2011-12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1st — Champions | ||
| 2012-13 | 1st — Champions | |||||||
| 2013-14 |
- As of 4 December 2013
National team
[edit | edit source]European Nations Cup
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-2008 | Germany | European Nations Cup Second Division | 6 | 0 | Champions |
| 2008-2010 | Germany | European Nations Cup First Division | 2 | 0 | 6th — Relegated |
| 2010–2012 | Germany | European Nations Cup Division 1B | 4 | 0 | 4th |
| 2012–2014 | Germany | European Nations Cup Division 1B | 6 | 0 | ongoing |
Friendlies & other competitions
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Germany | Friendly | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
- As of 4 December 2013
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Benjamin Danso profile at scrum.com accessed: 5 March 2010
- ^ a b Benjamin Danso profile at totalrugby.de (in German) accessed: 5 March 2010
- ^ TotalRugby Wechselbörse (in German) totalrugby.de, accessed: 7 March 2010
- ^ Benjamin Danso (in German) DRV website, accessed: 30 April 2012
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Benjamin Danso at scrum.com
- (in German) Benjamin Danso at totalrugby.de
- (in German) Benjamin Danso at the DRV website