Valentin Calafeteanu

Valentin Calafeteanu
Valentin Calafeteanu during a press conference in October 2015, shortly before arriving from the 2015 Rugby World Cup
Birth name Valentin Nicolae Calafeteanu
Date of birth (1985-01-25) 25 January 1985
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1,82 m 5 ft 11.7 in (1.82 m)
Weight 82 kg 12 st 12.8 lb (180.8 lb; 82.0 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013-2014 Bucharest Wolves 5 (12)
Correct as of 27 August 2015
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2004– Romania 97 (233)
Correct as of 19 November 2016

Valentin Nicolae Calafeteanu (born on 25th of January, 1985) is a Romanian Rugby Union player. His position on the field is scrum-half.

He currently plays for CSM Bucharest and in his career he also played for Dinamo Bucuresti (2004-2010), UTA Arad (2010-2011) and RCM UVT Timişoara (2011-2017).

Playing for Dinamo Bucuresti, Valentin Calafeteanu became two times national champion (2007, 2008).

Alongside RCM UVT Timisoara, Calafeteanu captured 7 major titles in his career, becoming 3 times Romanian Rugby Cup champion (2014, 2015, 2016), 3 times Romanian Rugby Superliga champion (2012, 2013, 2015) and one time King’s Cup champion (2015).

Aged only 19, Valentin Calafeteanu had his debut for the National Rugby Team of Romania - Oaks, on 20 November 2004, in a friendly game against Japan, contributing to a 25-10 win. He also played for the Bucharest Wolves team.

Calafeteanu holds 72 caps for Romania, with 11 tries, 27 conversions, 33 penalties and 1 drop goal scored, on an aggregate of 211 points. He won the European Six National Championship Cup, Group B, in 2006. He played all the four games, three of them as a substitute, at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals, where he scored a conversion in the 14-10 win over Portugal. He was called for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, playing in three games but without scoring.[1] He was called once again for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, playing in all the four games.

References

  1. ↑ Valentin Calafeteanu International Statistics
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