Axel Müller (rugby union)

Axel Müller Aranda (born 25 November 1993) is an Argentine rugby union player.

Axel Müller
Full nameAxel Müller Aranda
Date of birth (1993-11-25) 25 November 1993
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016-2017
2017-18
2018 -
Toulon
Oyonnax Rugby
CA Brive
11
24
83
(20)
(30)
(90)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013
2015-2016
Argentina U-20
Argentina XV
?
3
?
(0)
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2013–present Argentina 7s
Medal record
Men's rugby sevens
Representing  Argentina
World Games
Silver medal – second place 2013 Cali Team

Muller has signed with the French rugby club Toulon to play in the Top 14. He represented Argentina's under-20 team at the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship.[1] He was selected to play for Argentina at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

He is a former decathlete and played American football as a youngster.[4] At the age of 9 his father got a job in the United States so he moved with his family and lived in Ahwatukee in Phoenix, Arizona. They moved back to Argentina when he was 17.[5]

References

  1. "Toulon Set to Sign Sevens Star Axel Müller". Americas Rugby News. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. "MULLER Axel". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  3. "Argentina Rugby Sevens Squad for Rio 2016 Olympics". rio2016olympicsonline.com. 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. "60 seconds with….Axel Muller". rugby15.co.za. 4 December 2013. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  5. Smith, Eric (31 May 2013). "Adjusting on the run: Former Ahwatukee resident Muller named to Argentina's national rugby team". Ahwatukee.com. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
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