Ionut Balaban playing for Andorra in 2021

Ionuț Balaban (born 23 May 1996) is a Romanian rugby union football player. He plays as a centre for professional Fédérale 1 club Sporting Club Appaméen.

Club career

Ionuț Balaban started playing rugby in 2010 at CSS Bârlad, a school-based club under the guidance of coaches Ciprian Popa and Ioan Harnagea. He was selected for the senior team of the club making his debut in Divizia Națională, the second tier of the Romanian rugby league system. After some impressive performances, he was signed at the beginning of 2016 by Dinamo București. After two seasons with the Bucharest team, he transferred to Știința Baia Mare. In January 2020 he was signed by SuperLiga side Gloria Buzău.In July 2020 he was signed by SuperLiga team SCM Timișoara

International career

Balaban also played for the Romania national under-20 rugby union team and Romania national rugby sevens team. Balaban is also selected for Romania's national team, the Oaks, making his international debut at the

2016 World Rugby Nations Cup The 2016 World Rugby Cup of Nations was the eleventh edition of the World Rugby Nations Cup rugby union tournament, created by World Rugby (formerly IRB). As with the previous nine tournaments, the competition took place in the Stadionul Naţion ...

in a match against the Welwitschias.He was the youngest rugby player in Romania to be selected for Romanian's national team, the Oaks

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