Tim Visser
| Full name | Tim Jan Willem Visser | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 May 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Zeewolde, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 109 kg (17 st 2 lb; 240 lb) | ||
| School |
Christelijk College Nassau-Veluwe Barnard Castle School |
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| Notable relative(s) | Sep Visser | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Wing | ||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2007–2009 2010–2015 2015– |
Newcastle Falcons Edinburgh Harlequins |
57 130 17 |
(65) (345) (50) |
| correct as of 6 September 2015. | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2012– 2011 |
Scotland Barbarians |
28 1 |
(55) (10) |
| correct as of 19 November 2016. | |||
Tim Visser (born 29 May 1987 in Zeewolde) is a Dutch-born Scottish rugby union player currently playing on the wing for Harlequins and internationally representing Scotland. He is the first Dutch rugby player to play professionally.
Visser joined the Newcastle Falcons Academy as a teenager, after having been spotted playing in the Amsterdam Sevens. Moving from the Netherlands – where he played for RC Hilversum – to England he joined Barnard Castle School and went on to represent England Schools at under-18 level in 2005.
Having signed a two-year contract with Newcastle in April 2007, he started the 2007–08 season on loan with the recently relegated Northampton Saints.
Visser made his competitive debut in the Guinness Premiership on 8 September 2006 against Worcester, coming on as a substitute and grabbing the winning try. He played a further 10 games for the Falcons in his first season, scoring four tries in total, before finishing the season on loan to Darlington Mowden Park, a National Division Three club.
The 2008–09 season saw Visser add another five tries to his tally with Newcastle in 21 appearances, but at the end of the season he chose to sign for the Magners League outfit Edinburgh.
Visser was the top try scorer in the Pro 12 league in each of his first four seasons for Edinburgh since joining in 2009–10.
In his first season in the Scottish capital Visser became top scorer in the Magners League with 10 tries, winning the Young Player of the Season Award and being named in the Magners League Dream Team. In the 2010–11 season Visser once again became top try scorer of the Magners League with 14 tries in total. He was again included in the Magners League Dream Team. Visser finished the 2011–12 Pro12 season with 13 tries, again becoming the league's top try scorer. With Edinburgh, Visser also reached the semi-finals of the 2011–12 Heineken Cup, scoring four tries in total during the competition, obtaining his third successive inclusion to the RaboDirect Pro12 Dream Team. In addition he was voted the Player's Player of the Season.
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