Marcell Cornelius Coetzee (born 8 May 1991) is a South African

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union player who plays for South African side the Blue Bulls. He plays as a flanker.

South Africa

Coetzee made his debut in

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for the Sharks against the Brumbies on Saturday 7 May 2011. He has offloading skills that have been likened to those of

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, Springboks coach, included him in the national squad to face

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in a test series where Coetzee made his Springbok test debut on 9 June 2012 in

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Top League

Coetzee joined

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ese Top League side

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for the 2015–2016 season.

Ulster Rugby

In February 2016, it was announced that he would join Irish

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side

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on a three-year deal starting in the 2016–2017 season. Coetzee featured sparingly in his first two seasons with Ulster, due to recurring knee injury problems.Ulster flanker Marcell Coetzee ruled out for nine months, BBC Sport, 13 October 2017. Coetzee was the

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joint top try-scorer (9) and the 2020–21 Pro14 Players' Player of the Season in his final season with Ulster.

Return to South Africa

In December 2020 the Bulls confirmed that Coetzee would join the franchise in June 2021 on a three-year deal.

Honours

* Currie Cup winner

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* Pro14 Rainbow Cup runner-up

* United Rugby Championship runner-up 2021–22 * Players' Player of the Season Guinness PRO14

* Top try scorer United Rugby Championship

, 2021–22 * Selected in the United Rugby Championship "Dream Team"

, 2021–22

Springbok statistics

Test Match Record

Pld = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, Tri = Tries Scored, Con = Conversions, Pen = Penalties, DG = Drop Goals, Pts = Points Scored

International Tries

References

External links

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