Klaus Mainzer (born 2 February 1979) is a German

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player, playing for the

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in the

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and the

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Biography

Klaus Mainzer, born in

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, started playing joining local club

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. In 1998 he signed with SC Neuenheim. Since then he played for the SC Neuenheim. He only played one game for the club in 2009-10 because of contract disputes. He earned his first cap for Germany in 2000 and played 15 times for Germany since then. His greatest success as a national team player was the promotion to Division 1 of the European Nations Cup in 2008. His last game for Germany was in a friendly against Switzerland in 2007. On domestic level, he won two German championships with his club team in 2003 and 2004 against

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and made losing appearances in the 2001 finals against

and again in 2006 against

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. Not having played in SC Neuenheim's first team in 2010-11 because of disagreements with the clubs leadership, he joined newly promoted Bundesliga side

for the 2011–12 season.

Honours

Club

* German rugby union championship ** Winner: 2003, 2004 ** Runners up: 2001, 2006, 2012 * German rugby union cup ** Winner: 1999, 2001 ** Runners up: 2002

National team

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- Division 2 ** Champions:

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Stats

Klaus Mainzer's personal statistics in club and international rugby:Klaus Mainzer profile at totalrugby.de
accessed: 25 February 2010

Club

* ''As of 25 August 2011''

National team

European Nations Cup

Friendlies & other competitions

* ''As of 20 December 2010''

References

External links

Klaus Mainzer profile at totalrugby.de
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mainzer, Klaus 1979 births Living people Rugby union props German rugby union players Germany international rugby union players Heidelberger TV players SC Neuenheim players TV Pforzheim players Sportspeople from Heidelberg