Kamil Sobota | |
Fullname: | Kamil Mihail Sobota |
Birth Date: | 31 March 1992 |
Birth Place: | Cluj-Napoca, Romania[1] |
Weight: | 110kg (240lb) |
Position: | Lock |
Youthclubs1: | Universitatea Cluj |
Youthclubs2: | Dinamo București |
Years1: | 2010–13 |
Clubs1: | Dinamo București |
Apps1: | 2 |
Points1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2013–14 |
Clubs2: | Universitatea Cluj |
Apps2: | 8 |
Points2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2014–19 |
Clubs3: | CSM București |
Apps3: | 44 |
Points3: | 20 |
Years4: | 2019–20 |
Clubs4: | Tomitanii Constanța |
Apps4: | 4 |
Points4: | 10 |
Clubs5: | Steaua București |
Apps5: | 0 |
Points5: | 0 |
Years5: | 2020–22 |
Clubs6: | Dinamo București |
Apps6: | 0 |
Points6: | 0 |
Years6: | 2023– |
Repteam1: | Romania |
Repcaps1: | 9 |
Reppoints1: | 5 |
Repyears1: | 2020- |
Clubupdate: | 29 February 2020 |
Repupdate: | 20 May 2023 |
Kamil Mihail Sobota (born 31 March 1992) is a Romanian rugby union football player. He plays as a number 8 for professional Liga Națională de Rugby club Dinamo București.[2]
Kamil Sobota started playing rugby in his hometown of Cluj-Napoca at Universitatea but finished his junior years in Bucharest at Dinamo. His first professional club was Dinamo, joining the senior squad after ending his junior years. For a brief period of time he returned to Universitatea Cluj, moving after one season once again in Bucharest, this time joining CSM. After 4 seasons with CSM București he transferred to Tomitanii Constanța in 2019 following the dissolution of his former club.[3]
Sobota is also selected for Romania's national team, the Oaks, making his international debut during the Week 2 of 2020 Rugby Europe Championship in a test match against the Os Lobos.[4] [5] Sobota scored its first try for Romania on 11 November 2022, in a home test match against Chile, on the Arcul de Triumf National Stadium.