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Manuel Wilhelm (born 15 December 1980 in Ludwigsburg)〔(Manuel Wilhelm profile at scrum.com ) accessed: 28 February 2010〕 is a German international rugby union player, playing for the RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. Manuel Wilhelm plays rugby since 1986, first for RG Heidelberg, later he spent one season with league rival SC Neuenheim, before he went back to his club of origin RG Heidelberg. After his military service Wilhelm played one season for CAU Valencia in the first Spanish division, before returning to RG Heidelberg. He won two German championships (15s) with the later, in 2006 and 2007, five 7s-championships in 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009 and the German cup in 2004. He also plays beach rugby for ''The Romantics B.R.F.C.''.〔(Manuel Wilhelm profile totalrugby.de ) accessed: 28 February 2010〕 He was first called up for the German national team in 2000 but could not play because of injury and did not make his debuet for Germany until 2003, in a game against Sweden.〔(Deutschland vs. Schweden: Rugby-Nationalspieler Manuel Wilhelm im Porträt ) published: 3 April 2013, accessed: 27 April 2013〕 He is the founder of Germany's biggest rugby website, TotalRugby.de.〔(Olympic rugby Expert opinions: Germany ) olympic-rugby.org, Interview with Manuel Wilhelm, accessed: 28 February 2010〕 In 2012, Wilhelm proposed a reform of the German league system which was approved at the ''Deutsche Rugby Tag'', the annual general meeting of the ''DRV'', in mid-July 2012. The new system will see the number of clubs in the Bundesliga increased from ten to 24, the league divided into four regional divisions of six clubs each and the finals series expanded from four to eight teams.〔(DRT 2012: Ligareform kommt / Vertrag mit DRV-Vermarkter wird überprüft ) totalrugby.de, published: 16 July 2012, accessed: 24 July 2012〕〔(DRT ) ''DRV'' website, published: 16 July 2012, accessed: 24 July 2012〕 Wilhelm's father is from Ghana while his mother is German.〔 ==Honours== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manuel Wilhelm」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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