Marius Vasilică Tincu (born 7 April 1978 in

Vânători, Iași Vânători is a Commune in Romania, commune in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Crivești, Gura Bâdiliței, Hârtoape, Vânători and Vlădnicuț. References

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)Marius Tincu player profile
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footballer. He played as a hooker. Since 2007, he has held dual

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-Romanian citizenship. He was first noticed in Romania, but soon moved to France, where he already played for

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, La Teste,

Section Paloise Section Paloise (), often referred to simply as la Section or Pau (), is a professional rugby union club based in Pau, France. They are participants in the Top 14, France's premier rugby division, and also compete in the EPCR Challenge Cup. The ...

(until 2005). He played for

USA Perpignan Union Sportive Arlequins Perpignanais, also referred to as USA Perpignan or Perpignan, is a French professional rugby union club founded in 1933 and based in Perpignan, in the Pyrénées-Orientales department. They compete in the Top 14, France' ...

, from the 2005-06 Top 14. Tincu played his first game for

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on 3 February 2002 against

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. He played in four games at the

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, scoring three tries, in the games against

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and the

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. He also competed at the

2011 Rugby World Cup The 2011 Rugby World Cup, was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The World Rugby, International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japa ...

Honours

Club

USA Perpignan

Top 14 The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the National Rugby League (France), France National Rugby League, also ...

** Champion:

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** Runner-up:

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International

;Romania *

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(2): 2001–02, 2004–06

Notes

1978 births Living people Romanian rugby union players Rugby union hookers CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (rugby union) players Section Paloise players USA Perpignan players Romania international rugby union players Romanian expatriate rugby union players in France 21st-century Romanian sportsmen Rugby union players from Iași County 2003 Rugby World Cup players 2007 Rugby World Cup players 2011 Rugby World Cup players {{romania-rugbyunion-bio-stub