Laurențiu Constantin (born 12 July 1963 in

Constanța Constanța (, ; ; rup, Custantsa; bg, Кюстенджа, Kyustendzha, or bg, Констанца, Konstantsa, label=none; el, Κωνστάντζα, Kōnstántza, or el, Κωνστάντια, Kōnstántia, label=none; tr, Köstence), histo ...

) is a former Romanian

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player. He played as lock.

Career

Grown in the

RCJ Farul Constanța Rugby Club Județean Farul Constanța was a semi-professional Romanian rugby union club from Constanța, which played continuously from 1970 until 2014 in the SuperLiga (rugby), CEC Bank SuperLiga, the first division of Romanian rugby. The team wi ...

youth team, along with his younger brother

Ștefan Ștefan is the Romanian form of Stephen, used as both a given name and a surname. For the English version, see Stefan. Some better known people with the name Ștefan are listed below. For a comprehensive list see . Notable persons with that name ...

he formed a lock combination that was the backbone of the club and of the Romania national team throughout the decade, winning the national title with Farul in 1986. He was also part of the Steaua squad, with which he won 5 national championship titles in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 and 1987. His international debut was on 1983, during the FIRA Trophy in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

, against

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

and he was also called up for the Romania squad at the 1987 Rugby World Cup, where he played the three matches. His last international cap was against

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

, in Bucharest, on 22 June 1991.

References

External links

Laurențiu Constantin International Statistics
1963 births Living people Romanian rugby union players Rugby union locks Romania international rugby union players Romanian expatriate rugby union players Sportspeople from Constanța 1987 Rugby World Cup players CSA Steaua București (rugby union) players RCJ Farul Constanța players {{romania-rugbyunion-bio-stub