Dragoș Nicolae Dima (born 30 July 1979 in Focșani) is a Romanian former rugby union

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and current coach. Dima spent his entire club career in France, playing for

Castres Olympique Castres Olympique () is a French rugby union club located in the Occitanian city of Castres and is currently competing in the top level of the French league system. Founded in 1898, the club took its current name in 1906. They play at the Sta ...

(1999/02),

Stade Toulousain Stade Toulousain () ( oc, Estadi Tolosenc), also referred to as Toulouse, is a professional rugby union club based in Toulouse, France. They compete in the Top 14, France's top division of rugby, and the European Rugby Champions Cup. Toulou ...

(2002/05), Villefranchois (2005/06),

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(2006/08), US Orthez (2008/09), Oloron (2009/10) and Blagnac (2010/11). He was the assistant coach of Angers in the 2013/14 season He has 39 caps for Romania, from 1999 to 2011, scoring 2 tries, 10 points on aggregate. He had his debut for the "Oaks" at the

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, playing in three games as a substitute but without scoring. He would be called again for the

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, but this time he didn't play. Dima comes from a sporting family. His mother Constanța was a volleyball player and his father Costică a former

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.Rugbistul Dragoş Dima revine în „Naţională“ după trei ani de zile

Honours

Club

;Toulouse *

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: 2004–05 ;Castres *

European Challenge Cup The EPCR Challenge Cup is an annual rugby union competition organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the second-tier competition for clubs based in European leagues behind the European Rugby Champions Cup. From its inception i ...

runner-up: 1999–00

International

;Romania * European Nations Cup: 2000

References

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* * * 1979 births Sportspeople from Focșani Living people Romanian rugby union players Rugby union props Castres Olympique players Stade Toulousain players Section Paloise players Romania international rugby union players Romanian expatriate rugby union players Romanian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate rugby union players in France {{romania-rugbyunion-bio-stub