Background
Widiker was born 27 April 1982 in Kostanay, Kazakhstan, as one of three children as an ethnic German in Kazakhstan in 1982.
Widiker was born 27 April 1982 in Kostanay, Kazakhstan, as one of three children as an ethnic German in Kazakhstan in 1982.
Widiker is one of the few German players who has successfully played abroad. From 2006 to 2010, he played for the Remote Control Orléans in the Fédérale 1, alongside two other German internationals, the brothers Matthieu and Guillaume Franke. In his last season with RCO he was also the teams captain.
Widiker"s grandparents were forcefully removed from the former Volga German Republic to Kazakhstan.
When Widiker was eleven years old, his family moved to Germany. Initially, the family moved to Bramsche in Lower Saxony but was then allocated accommodation in Leipzig.
Eventually, the family chose to move to Wiesloch, near Heidelberg. Widiker, who played association football, ice hockey and basketball in Kazakhstan, only began playing rugby when going to school in Germany.
He joined the Tuberculosis Rohrbach, which later merged its youth team with the South Carolina Neuenheim, where he made his debut in the senior team at the age of 17.
He played for the German Under-17 and Under-19 team, taking part in two world championships, before making his debut for the senior side on 21 October 2001 against Sweden. Widiker was scheduled to return to Germany for the 2010-2011 season to play for South Carolina Neuenheim once more, but instead joint Heidelberger RK. He is also the new German captain, leading the team for the first time on 20 November 2010 against Poland. With the final game against Moldova, Alexander Widiker played his 50th game for his country, thereby equaling Horst Kemmling"s record of number of internationals for the DRV. He overtook Kemmling"s record when he played his 51st game against the Ukraine on 27 October 2012.
He however returned to the German team one more time in May in the decisive world cup qualifier against Russia which Germany lost.
Club National team = European Nations Cup = Friendlies & other competitions Alexander Widiker"s personal statistics in club and international rugby:.