| Cristian Podea | |
| Birth Name: | Ionel Cristian Podea |
| Birth Date: | 22 February 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Bucharest, Romania |
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in |
| Weight: | 182 lb |
| Ru Position: | Scrum-half |
| Ru Clubyears: | –2003 2003 ? ? 2009–13 2013–15[1] |
| Ru Proclubs: | Universitatea Cluj Dinamo București CSU Arad Timișoara Baia Mare Universitatea Cluj[2] |
| Ru Clubcaps: | ? ? ? ? ? ? |
| Ru Clubpoints: | ? ? ? ? ? ? |
| Super14years: | |
| Ru Nationalyears: | 2001–03 |
| Ru Nationalcaps: | 9 |
| Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) |
| Repsevensyears1: | |
Cristian Podea (born 22 February 1979 in Bucharest) is a former Romanian rugby union player and coach. He played as a scrum-half.
During his career, Podea played for Universitatea Cluj, Dinamo București, CSU Arad, Timișoara, Baia Mare and again for Universitatea Cluj.[3]
Podea gathered 9 caps for Romania, from his debut in 2001 to his last game in 2003. He was a member of his national side for the 6th Rugby World Cup in 2003 playing one match against host country, the Wallabies.
Since 2019, Podea is the current team manager of U Cluj Rugby, which plays in the Romanian SuperLiga.