Ștefan Iancu (born 1 July 1998) is a Romanian rugby union player who plays at CSM Știința Baia Mare in the

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and for the Romanian Wolves in the

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Club career

Iancu began his senior career at

CSM București Clubul Sportiv Municipal București, commonly known as CSM București is a Romanian professional Sports club, multi-sports club based in Bucharest. Departments Active branches: *Sport of athletics, Athletics *Basketball *Dancesport *Handball *Jud ...

playing for 2 seasons before moving to SCM Gloria Buzău for a season then moving to

champions CSM Știința Baia Mare. In 2021 he moved to English National One side

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spending a season in England before moving back to CSM Știința Baia Mare. In 2022 he was named in the Romanian Wolves squad for the

International career

He played age grade rugby for Romania, including playing in the

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. He made his senior debut coming off the bench in a 22–30 win over Uruguay. Iancu was named in the Romanian squad for the

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. He has also featured for the Romania A squad in a match against Italy A.

Honors

CSM București

* Cupa României: 2017, 2018 * Cupa Regelui: 2017

CSM Știința Baia Mare

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* Cupa României: 2020

References

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