| Birth name | Franck Moutsinga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1985-08-12)12 August 1985 (age 39) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Berlin,Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (12 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Franck Moutsinga (born 12 August 1985) is a Germaninternationalrugby union player, playing for theBerliner RC in theRugby-Bundesliga and theGerman national rugby union team.
Moutsinga started playing rugby for theBerliner Rugby Club when he was five years old, in 1990.He is currently playing for the Berliner Rugby Club, together withGerrit van Look andColin Grzanna, another two players of the German national team.Before playing in the German 1st XV and German Sevens Side, Moutsinga played two Under 19 World Championships in Italy (2002) and France (2003).
Playing for Berlin for the most part of his career, Moutsinga spent the 2005/06 season with theRacing Club Strasbourg in France (2nd Amateur League) before returning to Berlin again.
He was part of the German Sevens side at theWorld Games 2005 in Duisburg, where Germany finished 8th and played two tournaments of theIRB Sevens Series in 2006 in Paris (France) and London (England). During that two tournaments Moutsinga scored three tries, one of it inTwickenham Stadium. In his young age of 23 years, the scrum-half spent three final European Championships Tournaments in Moskau/Russia (2005 and 2007) and inHannover (2008) with the Sevens Team of Germany. He was also again part of the team at the2009 Hannover Sevens, the final-round of the European Sevens Championship 2009.
He was part of the German team at the2009 London Sevens.[1]
Moutsinga's last game for the German XV was a friendly against Switzerland in 2007. He also sat on the bench on three of Germany's European nations Cup matches in 2006–08, but was not used in any of them.
Franck Moutsinga's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[2]
| Year | Club | Division | Games | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09 | Berliner RC | Rugby-Bundesliga | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th — Semi-finals |
| 2009-10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th | ||
| 2010-11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th | ||
| 2011-12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9th |
| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-2008 | Germany | European Nations Cup Second Division | 1 | 0 | Champions |
| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Germany | Friendly | 2 | 0 |