Cosmin Aurel Rațiu (born 18 July 1979 in Petrosani) is a retired

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player. He also played as a lock or

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. He is currently a coach.

Club career

He played for

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until moving to

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for the 2006–07 season. He currently plays for Politehnica Iași in the SuperLiga.

International career

He gathered 34

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for

, having made his debut in 2003 against the

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. He has scored 2 tries, 10 points overall. He played at the

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and played all four games, three of them as a substitute. He also played at the

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* * * 1979 births Living people People from Petroșani Romanian rugby union players Romania international rugby union players Romania national rugby union team coaches Romanian expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in France Romanian expatriate sportspeople in France CS Dinamo București (rugby union) players Stade Montois players RCJ Farul Constanța players CSA Steaua București (rugby union) players CSM București (rugby union) players CS Politehnica Iași (rugby union) players Rugby union locks Rugby union flankers {{Romania-rugbyunion-bio-stub