Dănuț Marin "Dan" Dumbravă (born 6 August 1981 in

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footballer and current head coach of

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. He played as a fly-half and a fullback.

Career

Dumbravă played for his entire career with Bucharest side

in the Romanian Rugby Championship. He also played for București Wolves.

International

Dumbravă has 73 caps for

, with 3 tries, 73 conversions, 74 penalties and 2 drop goals scored, in an aggregate of 389 points. This makes him one of the top scorers for his country. His first match was at 1 November 2002, in a 40–3 loss to

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, in

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, in a friendly game. Dumbravă played three games at the

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finals, but was only capped once at the

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finals. Nevertheless, he scored a conversion in his country's 14–10 win over

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. He was called for the

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, playing in three games and scoring 5 penalties, 15 points on aggregate. He was called once again for the

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, playing in a single game, as a substitute, without scoring.

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