Florin Corodeanu (born 26 March 1977 in

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) is a Romanian former rugby union flanker. He played for several clubs in France including

Stade Aurillacois Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne (commonly known as Aurillac) is a French professional rugby union club that was founded in 1904 and currently play in the Rugby Pro D2, the second division of French rugby. Aurillac`s home matches are mostly play ...

and

FC Grenoble The Football Club de Grenoble Rugby (FCG) is a French rugby union club based in Grenoble and founded in 1892. FCG was champion of France in 1954 and runner-up in 1918 and in 1993 during a controversial final, being deprived of the title of cham ...

. Corodeanu won 60 caps for

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, with 11 tries scored, 55 points on aggregate, since his first game, on 1 June 1997, a 20-51 loss with

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. Corodeanu played three times at the

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finals. He counts three games at both the

1999 Rugby World Cup The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial international rugby union championship. It was principally hosted by Wales, and was won by Australia. This was the first Rugby World Cup to be held in the sport's professi ...

and the

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, and four games at the

2007 Rugby World Cup The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 2 ...

, where he scored a try in the 14-10 win over

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* 1977 births Living people Romanian rugby union players Rugby union flankers Romania international rugby union players Romanian expatriate rugby union players in France Sportspeople from Piatra Neamț 1999 Rugby World Cup players 2003 Rugby World Cup players 2007 Rugby World Cup players FC Grenoble Rugby players {{romania-rugbyunion-bio-stub