Career
After his military service Wilhelm played one season for CAU Valencia in the first Spanish division, before returning to RG Heidelberg. He also plays beach rugby for The Romantics B.R.F.C. He was first called up for the German national team in 2000 but could not play because of injury and did not make his debuet for Germany until 2003, in a game against Sweden.
In 2012, Wilhelm proposed a reform of the German league system which was approved at the Deutsche Rugby Tag, the annual general meeting of the DRV, in mid-July 2012. The new system will see the number of clubs in the Bundesliga increased from ten to 24, the league divided into four regional divisions of six clubs each and the finals series expanded from four to eight teams.
Wilhelm"s father is from Ghana while his mother is German.
Club National team = European Nations Cup = Friendlies & other competitions Manuel Wilhelm"s personal statistics in club and international rugby:.