Mihăiță "Mihai" Lazăr (born 3 November 1986) is a Romanian

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for

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club

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. He also played for the Romania national team, ''The Oaks''. Lazăr made his debut for Romania national team in 2008 against

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, in a 76–7 win. He played three matches at the

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, scoring a try against

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(24-34) and then collecting accolades in the pages of ''

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'' newspaper. On 1 June 2013, he clinched his first ever title, winning the

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final with

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. He won his second Top 14 title in 2018. In 2019 he moved to the

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Oyonnax Oyonnax () is the second most populated commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. Oyonnax lies in a valley of the Jura Mountains in the far north of Ain. It is near the Parc naturel régional du Hau ...

, for which he played until the end of 2021.

Honours

Club

;Castres Olympique *

winner

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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Sportspeople from Iași Rugby union players from Iași County 1986 births Living people Romanian rugby union players Rugby union props București Wolves players CS Politehnica Iași (rugby union) players Castres Olympique players Provence Rugby players FC Grenoble Rugby players Oyonnax Rugby players Romanian expatriate rugby union players in France 21st-century Romanian sportsmen Romania international rugby union players 2011 Rugby World Cup players 2015 Rugby World Cup players {{Romania-rugbyunion-bio-stub