Dănuț Dumbravă
Dănuț Dumbravă as a head coach for Steaua in 2017
Birth nameDănuț Marin Dumbravă
Date of birth (1981-08-06) 6 August 1981
Place of birthBucharest, Romania
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Weight79.5 kg (12.52 st; 175 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half, Fullback
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1999–15
2004–11		 Steaua
București Wolves
25
(93)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2002–15 Romania 73 (389)
Correct as of 23 September 2015
Coaching career
Years Team
2017– CSA Steaua București

Dănuț Marin "Dan" Dumbravă (born 6 August 1981 in Bucharest)[1] is a former Romanian rugby union footballer and current head coach of CSA Steaua București. He played as a fly-half and a fullback.[2]

Career

Dumbravă played for his entire career with Bucharest side CSA Steaua București in the Romanian Rugby Championship. He also played for București Wolves.

International

Dumbravă has 73 caps for Romania, with 3 tries, 73 conversions, 74 penalties and 2 drop goals scored, in an aggregate of 389 points. This makes him one of the top scorers for his country. His first match was at 1 November 2002, in a 40–3 loss to Wales, in Wrexham, in a friendly game. Dumbravă played three games at the 2003 Rugby World Cup finals, but was only capped once at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals. Nevertheless, he scored a conversion in his country's 14–10 win over Portugal. He was called for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, playing in three games and scoring 5 penalties, 15 points on aggregate. He was called once again for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, playing in a single game, as a substitute, without scoring.

Notes

  1. ↑ Dan Dumbrava player profile Scrum.com
  2. ↑ www.agerpres.ro (10 July 2017). "Rugby: Dănuț Dumbravă, noul antrenor al CSA Steaua București".
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