Cristian Podea

Cristian Podea
Birth name	Ionel Cristian Podea
Date of birth	22 February 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	182 lb (83 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Scrum-half
Senior career
Years	Team
–2003; 2003; ?; ?; 2009–13; 2013–15	Universitatea Cluj; Dinamo București; CSU Arad; Timișoara; Baia Mare; Universitatea Cluj
International career
Years	Team
2001–03	Romania

Cristian Podea (born 22 February 1979 in Bucharest) is a former Romanian rugby union player and coach. He played as a scrum-half.

Club career

During his career, Podea played for Universitatea Cluj, Dinamo București, CSU Arad, Timișoara, Baia Mare and again for Universitatea Cluj.^[3]

International career

Podea gathered 9 caps for Romania, from his debut in 2001 to his last game in 2003. He was a member of his national side for the 6th Rugby World Cup in 2003 playing one match against host country, the Wallabies.

Since 2019, Podea is the current team manager of U Cluj Rugby, which plays in the Romanian SuperLiga.

References

External links

Cristian Podea at ESPNscrum
Cristian Podea at ItsRugby.co.uk

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[1] „Grădiniţa” de pe terenul de rugby

[2] CRISTIAN PODEA NU ESTE LASAT DE DOCTORI SA MAI JOACE RUGBY

[3] Clujul s-a ales cu un super-jucător de rugby: Ionel Cristian Podea, un sufletist

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