Ștefan Constantin (born 25 June 1959 in

Constanța Constanța (, ; ; rup, Custantsa; bg, Кюстенджа, Kyustendzha, or bg, Констанца, Konstantsa, label=none; el, Κωνστάντζα, Kōnstántza, or el, Κωνστάντια, Kōnstántia, label=none; tr, Köstence), histo ...

) is a former Romanian

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player. He played as lock.

Career

Grown in the

RCJ Farul Constanța Rugby Club Județean Farul Constanța was a semi-professional Romanian rugby union club from Constanța, which played continuously from 1970 until 2014 in the SuperLiga (rugby), CEC Bank SuperLiga, the first division of Romanian rugby. The team wi ...

youth team, along with his older brother Laurențiu he formed a lock combination that was the backbone of the club and of the Romania national team throughout the decade, winning the national title with Farul in 1986. His international debut was on 1980, during the FIRA Trophy in

, during a 41–11 victory against

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

and he was also called up for the Romania squad at the

1987 Rugby World Cup The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. It was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia – New Zealand hosted 21 matches (17 pool stage matches, two quarter-finals, the third-place play-off and the final) while Australia hosted 11 ...

, where he played the last of his 18 international matches. After his stint in Romania, he accepted

Gheorghe Dumitru Gheorghe Dumitru (born 31 January 1952) is a Romanian former rugby union footballer and coach. He played as a lock. Career He was born in Hagieni, a village in Limanu commune, Constanța County. Dumitru mostly played for Farul Constanța, with ...

's proposal to play for

USA Limoges USA Limoges is a French rugby union club currently competing in Fédérale 1, the top level of the French amateur rugby pyramid and one level below the professional leagues. They finished second-from-bottom in the second professional level, Rugby ...

, where Constantin played in the early 1990s. Remaining in France, Constantin also was the talent scout for Limoges.

References

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Ștefan Constantin International Statistics
1959 births Living people Romanian rugby union players Rugby union locks Romania international rugby union players Romanian expatriate rugby union players in France Sportspeople from Constanța 1987 Rugby World Cup players USA Limoges players RCJ Farul Constanța players {{romania-rugbyunion-bio-stub