Jens Schmidt

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Jens Schmidt
Rugby union career
Full name	Jens Schmidt
Date of birth	(1981-02-18) 18 February 1981
Place of birth	Germany
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	118 kg (18 st 8 lb)
Occupation(s)	Teacher
Playing career
Position	Lock
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1990 – 2001 2001 2002–present	TSV H Auch Gers TSV H
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	Germany	41
correct as of 8 April 2012.

For the footballer, see Jens Schmidt (footballer)

Jens Schmidt (born 18 February 1981)^[1] is a German international rugby union player, playing for the TSV Handschuhsheim in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team. He was, until 2009, the captain of the German team, but then retired from international rugby, to return once more in 2010.

Biography

Jens Schmidt begun playing rugby when he was nine years old in 1990.^[2]

Throughout his career, he played for the TSV Handschuhsheim, except when he spent one year with the French professional club FC Auch Gers in 2001.^[3]

He has won the German rugby union cup twice with his team, TSV Handschuhsheim, in 2005 and 2008. His greatest success as a national team player was the promotion to Division 1 of the European Nations Cup in 2008.

He made his 35th international for Germany in the game against Spain on 15 November 2008^[4] and made his last appearance for his country against Portugal on 21 February 2009, his 38th cap. He returned briefly to the team for the all-important relegation decider against Spain on 20 March 2010 but remained an unused substitute.

Schmidt is a teacher by profession.

Honours

Club

German rugby union championship
- Runners up: 2005

German rugby union cup
- Winner: 2005, 2008

National team

European Nations Cup – Division 2
- Champions: 2008

Stats

Jens Schmidt's personal statistics in club and international rugby:^[2]

Club

Year	Club	Division	Games	Tries	Con	Pen	DG	Place
2008–09	TSV Handschuhsheim	Rugby-Bundesliga	16	1	0	0	0	6th
2009–10			17	4	0	0	0	4th – Semi-finals
2010–11			15	1	0	0	0	3rd – Semi-finals
2011–12			16	2	0	0	0	5th

As of 30 April 2012

National team

European Nations Cup

Year	Team	Competition	Games	Points	Place
2006–2008	Germany	European Nations Cup Second Division	7	0	Champions
2008–2010	Germany	European Nations Cup First Division	4	0	6th – Relegated
2010–2012	Germany	European Nations Cup Division 1B	3	5	4th

Friendlies & other competitions

Year	Team	Competition	Games	Points
2007	Germany	Friendly	2	0
2008	Germany	Friendly	1	0

As of 8 April 2012

References

↑ Jens Schmidt player profile ESPN Scrum.com
↑ 2.0 2.1 Jens Schmidt profile at totalrugby.de (German) accessed: 25 February 2010
↑ Jens Schmidt – Kapitän der Deutschen Rugby Nationalmannschaft (German) Short article on Jens Schmidt, accessed: 26 January 2009
↑ Spain hope to revive hopes rugbyrugby.com, published: 13 November 2008, accessed: 26 January 2009

External links

(German) Jens Schmidt profile at totalrugby.de
(German) Härte, Herzblut, Hoffnung Frankfurter Allgemeine – Article on Jens Schmidt
(German) [http://www.rugby-verband.de/?data[pageid]=51&data[subpage]=spielkader&data[kader]=1&data[playerid]=7zn3gb Jens Schmidt] at the DRV website

v t e Germany squad – 2006-2008 European Nations Cup Second Division

Forwards	Baracat Brenner Coly Danso Faber Fischer Hug Kasten Krause Mainzer Pipa Schmidt (c) Sieber Tekkal Thier Trick Van Look Wacha Widiker Wilhelm Williams

Backs	Chaule Davies Eckert Franke Grzanna Güngör Michau Moutsinga Simm Strauch Takaendesa Von Grumbkow Walger Werle Weselek

Coach	Finsterer Stolorz Kuhlmann

v t e Germany squad – 2008-2010 European Nations Cup First Division

Forwards	Baracat Brenner Coly Danso Didebashvili Elloway Faber Hauck Hinds-Johnson Houston Hug Kasten Krause Metz Mohr Pipa Poppmeier Preussner Rosenthal Schliwa Schmidt (c) Sieber (c) Tekkal Trick Tussac Van Look Wacha Widiker Wilhelm

Backs	Brierley Buckman Chaule D. Davies K. Davies Eckert G. Franke M. Franke Grzanna Güngör (c) Hackl Heimpel C. Liebig S. Liebig Pagnon Pyrasch Simm Strauch Sztyndera Takaendesa Ulrich Von Grumbkow Walger Weselek Wiedemann

Coach	Finsterer Stolorz Kuhlmann

v t e Germany squad – 2010-2012 European Nations Cup First Division

Forwards	Armitage Bayer Brenner Coly Danso Hauck Henderson Hinds-Johnson Hug Kanning Kasten Kohler Krause May Mohr Poppmeier Sauer Schliwa Schmidt Strappazon Tussac Valette Wetzel Widiker (c) Wilhelm Zeiler

Backs	Armstrong Buckman Davies Eckert G. Franke M. Franke Galli Güngör Heimpel Hilsenbeck Himmer Jordaan Keinhorst Liebig Manawatu Menzel Pagnon Parkinson Pyrasch Simm Soteras-Merz Strauch Sztyndera Von Grumbkow

Coach	Schippe

Persondata
Name	Schmidt, Jens
Alternative names
Short description	German rugby union player
Date of birth	18 December 1981
Place of birth	Germany
Date of death
Place of death

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