Gheorghe Leonte (born

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, 12 February 1963) is a former Romanian rugby union footballer. He played as a prop. Leonte first played for Steaua Bucuresti, until he moved to France, where he represented Miélan-Mirande and CS Vienne, the last team of his player career. He had 57 caps for

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, scoring 4 tries, 19 points in aggregate, from 12 March 1984, in a 28-22 win over

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, in

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, in a friendly match, to 3 June 1995, in a 42-3 defeat to

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, in

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, for the

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finals. Leonte played in three

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finals, having 2 caps at the

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, 3 caps at the

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and 3 once again at the

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Honours

*Steaua Bucuresti ;Divizia Nationala: 1983/84, 1984/85, 1986/87, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1991/92

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1963 births Living people Romanian rugby union players Rugby union props Romania international rugby union players People from Fetești Romanian expatriate rugby union players in France Sportspeople from Ialomița County 1987 Rugby World Cup players 1991 Rugby World Cup players 1995 Rugby World Cup players CSA Steaua București (rugby union) players {{Romania-rugbyunion-bio-stub