Ștefan Constantin (born 25 June 1959 in

Constanța Constanța (, , ) is a city in the Dobruja Historical regions of Romania, historical region of Romania. A port city, it is the capital of Constanța County and the country's Cities in Romania, fourth largest city and principal port on the Black ...

) 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 older 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. His international debut was on 1980, during the FIRA Trophy in

, during a 41–11 victory 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 last of his 18 international matches. After his stint in Romania, he accepted

Gheorghe Dumitru Gheorghe Dumitru (born 31 January 1952) is a Romanian former rugby union footballer and coach. He played as a lock. Career He was born in Hagieni, a village in Limanu commune, Constanța County. Dumitru mostly played for Farul Constanța, with ...

's proposal to play for

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, where Constantin played in the early 1990s. Remaining in France, Constantin also was the talent scout for Limoges.

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Ștefan Constantin International Statistics
1959 births Living people Romanian rugby union players Rugby union locks Romania international rugby union players Romanian expatriate rugby union players in France Sportspeople from Constanța 1987 Rugby World Cup players USA Limoges players RCJ Farul Constanța players {{romania-rugbyunion-bio-stub