Haralambie Dumitraș (born 11 February 1960), also known as Hari Dumitraș, is a Romanian former rugby union player and current coach. He played as number eight.

Professional career

He played for

Section Paloise Section Paloise (), often referred to simply as la Section or Pau (), is a professional rugby union club based in Pau, France. They are participants in the Top 14, France's premier rugby division, and also compete in the EPCR Challenge Cup. The ...

and

RC Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace, commonly known as RC Strasbourg (, ; RCS) or simply just Racing, is a French professional association football club founded in 1906 and based in the city of Strasbourg, Alsace. It became a professional club in ...

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. Dumitraș was a leading name for

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

during the "Golden Era" of the 1980s. He had 47 caps, from 1984 to 1993, scoring 7 tries, 30 points in aggregate. He was the captain in 13 games. He was called for the

1987 Rugby World Cup The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. It was co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia – New Zealand hosted 21 matches (17 pool stage matches, two semi-finals, the third-place play-off and the final) while Australia hosted 11 mat ...

, playing in two games, without scoring, and for the

1991 Rugby World Cup The 1991 Rugby World Cup () was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup, and was jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France: at the time, the five European countries who participated in the Six Nations Championship, Five Na ...

, playing in all the three games and scoring a try in the 17-15 win over

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at 12 October 1991. After finishing his player career, he became a coach. He settled in France, where he was one of the two head coaches of

CA Périgueux Club Athlétique Périgueux Dordogne (also known as just CA Périgourdin) is a French rugby union club that currently competes in the third division of French club rugby, the Nationale competition. Périgueux played in the higher divisions in the ...

. He afterwards went to coach Entente Astarac Bigorre XV, RC Strasbourg and US Argelésienne, since 2009/10. He was for a short period of time the head coach of Romania national team in 2012, and now is the head of

Romanian Rugby Federation The Romanian Rugby Federation (), abbreviated as FRR, is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Romania. Romania currently comprises 24,610 players, 9,810 members of which are registered and 113 clubs in the whole country. History Th ...

Personal life

His son,

Iulian Dumitraș Iulian Dumitraș (born 22 June 1982 in Suceava) is a Romanian former rugby union fly-half or fullback. He is the son of former Romania international Haralambie Dumitraș. He played for a number of clubs in France including US Dax, Tarbes, FC Gre ...

, is also a professional rugby union player following his father's footsteps, and was a member of Romania's national team, playing at the 2007 and 2011 Rugby World Cups.Spiritul "stejarilor" merge mai departe! Cel mai tare duo tată-fiu din rugby, reunit de ProSport!
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* 1960 births Living people Romanian rugby union players Romania international rugby union players Romanian rugby union coaches Section Paloise players Rugby union number eights Barbarian F.C. players Romanian expatriate rugby union players in France Romania national rugby union team coaches Presidents of the Romanian Rugby Federation Sportspeople from Suceava Rugby union players from Suceava County 1987 Rugby World Cup players 1991 Rugby World Cup players {{romania-rugbyunion-bio-stub