Axel Müller Aranda (born 25 November 1993) is an Argentine

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

player. Muller has signed with the French rugby club

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to play in the

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. He represented Argentina's under-20 team at the

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. He was selected to play for

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at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He is a former decathlete and played

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as a youngster. At the age of 9 his father got a job in the United States so he moved with his family and lived in

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. They moved back to Argentina when he was 17.

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Axel 1993 births Living people Argentine rugby union players RC Toulon players Male rugby sevens players Argentina international rugby sevens players Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for Argentina Place of birth missing (living people) World Games silver medalists World Games medalists in rugby sevens Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Rugby sevens players at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens Rugby union wings Oyonnax Rugby players CA Brive players CA Périgueux players Old Glory DC players Argentine expatriate rugby union players in France Argentine expatriate rugby union players in the United States World Games medalists for Argentina Medalists at the 2013 World Games