| Birth name | Edmoore Takaendesa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 November 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Harare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (14 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Prince Edward School Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edmoore Takaendesa (born 11 November 1980)[1] is a German international rugby union player, playing for the RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.
He made his debut for Germany on 19 April 2008 against Ukraine.
Takaendesa originally hails from Zimbabwe, a country he last played for in 2000, after which he moved to Germany. In Zimbabwe, he played for Old Hararians.[2] He was educated at the Prince Edward School there.[3] He is one of a number of Zimbabweans that left their country to play rugby in Germany.[4]
Edmoore Takaendesa's personal statistics in club and international rugby:[5]
| Year | Club | Division | Games | Tries | Con | Pen | DG | Place |
| 2007–08 | RG Heidelberg | Rugby-Bundesliga | 14 | 2nd – Runners-up | ||||
| 2008–09 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5th | ||
| 2009–10 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2nd – Semi-finals | ||
| 2010–11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th – Semi-finals | ||
| 2011–12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6th |
| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points | Place |
| 2006–2008 | Germany | European Nations Cup Second Division | 2 | 0 | Champions |
| 2008–2010 | Germany | European Nations Cup First Division | 7 | 0 | 6th – Relegated |
| Year | Team | Competition | Games | Points |
| 2008 | Germany | Friendly | 1 | 0 |