Laurențiu Constantin (born 12 July 1963 in

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) is a former Romanian

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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 CEC Bank SuperLiga, the first division of Romanian rugby. The team withdrew from the ...

youth team, along with his younger brother

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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

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, against

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and he was also called up for the Romania squad at the

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, where he played the three matches. His last international cap was against

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, in Bucharest, on 22 June 1991.

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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