Dănuț Dumbravă

Dănuț Dumbravă

Dănuț Dumbravă as a head coach for Steaua in 2017
Birth name	Dănuț Marin Dumbravă
Date of birth	(1981-08-06) 6 August 1981
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Weight	79.5 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) is a former Romanian rugby union footballer and current head coach of CSA Steaua București. He played as a fly-half and a fullback.

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.

External links

• Dănuț Dumbravă at ESPNscrum
• Dănuț Dumbravă at ItsRugby.co.uk
• Dănuț Dumbravă at European Professional Club Rugby
• Dănuț Dumbravă at Romanian Rugby SuperLiga (in Romanian)