Dănuț Dumbravă | |
Birth Name: | Dănuț Marin Dumbravă |
Birth Date: | 6 August 1981 |
Birth Place: | Bucharest, Romania |
Weight: | 79.5kg (175.3lb) |
Ru Position: | Fly-half, Fullback |
Ru Nationalteam: | Romania |
Ru Nationalyears: | 2002–15 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 73 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (389) |
Ru Ntupdate: | 23 September 2015 |
Ru Clubyears: | 1999–15 2004–11 |
Ru Clubcaps: | 25 |
Ru Clubpoints: | (93) |
Ru Coachyears: | 2017– |
Ru Coachclubs: | CSA Steaua București |
Dănuț Marin "Dan" Dumbravă (born 6 August 1981 in Bucharest)[1] is a former Romanian rugby union footballer and current head coach of CSA Steaua București. He played as a fly-half and a fullback.[2]
Dumbravă played for his entire career with Bucharest side CSA Steaua București in the Romanian Rugby Championship. He also played for București Wolves.
Dumbravă has 73 caps for Romania, with 3 tries, 73 conversions, 74 penalties and 2 drop goals scored, in an aggregate of 389 points. This makes him one of the top scorers for his country. His first match was at 1 November 2002, in a 40–3 loss to Wales, in Wrexham, in a friendly game. Dumbravă played three games at the 2003 Rugby World Cup finals, but was only capped once at the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals. Nevertheless, he scored a conversion in his country's 14–10 win over Portugal. He was called for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, playing in three games and scoring 5 penalties, 15 points on aggregate. He was called once again for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, playing in a single game, as a substitute, without scoring.