Valentin Nicolae Calafeteanu (born 25 January 1985) is a

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rugby union player. His position on the field is scrum-half. He has played for Dinamo Bucarest (2004–09), RCM UVT Timişoara (2010–17) and CSM Bucharest (2017–19). Playing for Dinamo, Calafeteanu became two times National Champion (2007, 2008) and won twice the National Cup. Alongside RCM UVT Timișoara, Calafeteanu captured 9 major titles in his career, becoming 4 times Romanian Rugby Cup champion (2011, 2014, 2015, 2016), 4 times Romanian Rugby Superliga champion (2012, 2013, 2015, 2017) and one time King's Cup champion (2015). He also played for the Bucharest Wolves team. Aged only 19, Calafeteanu had his debut for

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on 20 November 2004, in a friendly game against

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, contributing to a 25–10 win. Calafeteanu holds 100 caps for Romania, with 11 tries, 32 conversions, 37 penalties and 1 drop goal scored, on an aggregate of 233 points. He won the Rugby Europe Championship in 2006 & 2017. He played all the four games, three of them as a substitute, at the

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finals, where he scored a conversion in the 14–10 win over

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. He was called for the

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, playing in three games . He was called once again for the

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, where he played in all the four games and scored a penalty against Ireland. He also played in the

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, which saw Romania qualifying but being disqualified for using irregular players.Valentin Calafeteanu International Statistics
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* * * * 1985 births Living people Romanian rugby union players Rugby union scrum-halves Rugby union players from Bucharest Romania international rugby union players București Wolves players CS Dinamo București (rugby union) players SCM Rugby Timișoara players CSM București (rugby union) players 2007 Rugby World Cup players 2011 Rugby World Cup players 2015 Rugby World Cup players {{romania-rugbyunion-bio-stub