Gabriel Brezoianu (born 18 January 1977 in

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) is a

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n retired

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player. He began his club career with

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(1995/99), then played for Steaua Bucharest (1999/00). He then moved to France, playing for Bègles-Bordeaux (2000/03),

US Dax Union sportive dacquoise, also known as US Dax, is a French rugby union club currently playing in Nationale, the third level of the French league system. They were founded in 1904. They play at Stade Maurice Boyau (capacity 16,170). They wear ...

(2003/06),

Racing Métro 92 Paris Racing 92 () is a French rugby union club based in suburban Paris that was formed in 2001 with the collaboration of the Racing Club de France and US Métro. They were called Racing Métro 92 between 2001 and 2015, when they changed the name to ...

(2006/07) and

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(2007/08). Brezoianu played his first game for

on 20 April 1996, in an 83–5 win against

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. He played at three

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finals, in 1999, 2003 and 2007. He has 71 caps for

, from 1996 to 2007, with 28 tries scored and 1 conversion, 142 points in aggregate.

Honours

;Romania *

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(2): 2000, 2002

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* * * 1977 births Living people Rugby union players from Bucharest Romanian rugby union players Rugby union centres SCM Rugby Timișoara players CSA Steaua București (rugby union) players CS Politehnica Iași (rugby union) players US Dax players Racing 92 players Tarbes Pyrénées Rugby players Romania international rugby union players Romanian expatriate rugby union players in France CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde players 1999 Rugby World Cup players 2003 Rugby World Cup players 2007 Rugby World Cup players {{romania-rugbyunion-bio-stub