Nils Mordt (born 5 December 1983 in

Harare, Zimbabwe Harare (; formerly Salisbury ) is the capital and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 940 km2 (371 mi2) and a population of 2.12 million in the 2012 census and an estimated 3.12 million in its metropolitan ...

) is a retired

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footballer who played at

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for

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and England Sevens. Mordt is the nephew of

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legend,

Ray Mordt Raymond Herman "Ray" Mordt (born 15 February 1957 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a Zimbabwean/South African rugby footballer who represented his country in rugby union before moving to English professional rugby league club, Wigan, with whom he ...

. He played junior rugby at Maidenhead Rugby Football Club, and was part of the U17 National Cup winning Colts side. On 25 January 2008, Northampton Saints announced that he had signed for the club for the 2008/2009 season from

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. Mordt joined Harlequins in 2009. In June 2010, Mordt joined

. He was a replacement as Saracens won their first Premiership title in 2011. He was released by Saracens in 2016.

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