Teodor Coman (born circa 1962) is a former Romanian rugby union football player. He played as a scrum-half.
Club career
At club level, he played for
CSA Steaua București
Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București, commonly known as CSA Steaua București () or simply Steaua, is a major Sports club, multi-sports club based in Bucharest and run by the Ministry of National Defence of Romania, Ministry of National D ...
.
International career
Coman was first capped for
Romania
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during the
1985-1987 FIRA Trophy, during the match against
Spain
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in
Madrid
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, on 16 December 1984. He was also called up for the Romania team at the
1987 Rugby World Cup
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, however, he did not play any match due to
Mircea Paraschiv being the starter scrum-half during the tournament. Although he was not called up for the
1991 Rugby World Cup
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squad, he still played for Romania, with his last international cap being during the match against
France
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on 28 May 1992 in
Le Havre
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.
Honours
Team honours
Liga Națională de Rugby
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:
*
CSA Steaua București
Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București, commonly known as CSA Steaua București () or simply Steaua, is a major Sports club, multi-sports club based in Bucharest and run by the Ministry of National Defence of Romania, Ministry of National D ...
:
**Champion in 1979/80, 1980/81, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1984/85, 1986/87, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1991/92;
**Runner up in 1985/86, 1989/90, 1992/93, 1994/95, 1997/98.
Romania
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*
FIRA Trophy:
**Third place in
1985-87,
1987-89 and
1990-92
Individual honours
*Master of Sports of Romania in 1992
References
External links
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1962 births
Living people
Romanian rugby union players
Romania international rugby union players
Rugby union scrum-halves
Place of birth missing (living people)
1987 Rugby World Cup players
CSA Steaua București (rugby union) players
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