Marcel Toader Explained

Birth Date:1963 1, df=y
Birth Place:Cumpăna, Constanța County, Romania
Death Place:Periș, Ilfov County, Romania
Spouse:Maria Constantin
Children:Maximilian Toader
Occupation:Businessman
Ru Currentteam:retired
Ru Position:Wing
Youthyears1: 
Years1:1983–1987
Clubs1:Steaua București
Superyears1: 
Repyears1:1982–1990
Repcaps1:30
Reppoints1:12
Ru Sevensnationalyears1: 

Marcel Toader (4 January 1963 – 3 August 2019) was a Romanian rugby union player and a businessman and media personality.[1] He played as a wing. He was usually considered one of the best Romanian rugby wings of all time.[2]

Club career

He played for Steaua București, from 1983/84 to 1986/87. He won the Romanian Rugby Championship three times in 1983/84, 1984/85 and 1986/87.

International career

Toader gathered 30 caps for Romania, from his debut in 1982 to his last game in 1990. He scored 3 tries during his international career, 12 points on aggregate. He was a member of his national side for the first Rugby World Cup in 1987, scoring two tries during the tournament, against Zimbabwe and Scotland.[3]

Personal life and death

Toader was married to TV presenter Gabriela Cristea and then to singer Maria Constantin. He had one son.

Toader had a history of heart problems and suffered a heart attack in 2012. He died of a heart attack on 3 August 2019 at the age of 56.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biografie Marcel Toader . 2016-04-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202103116/http://www.cutremurat.org/2013/09/marcel-toader-biografie.html . 2017-02-02 . dead .
  2. http://www.enational.ro/sport/marcel-toader-intre-cele-mai-bune-aripi-care-au-evoluat-pentru-nationala-de-rugby-335269.html/ Marcel Toader, intre cele mai bune aripi care au evoluat pentru nationala de rugby
  3. http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/9438.html Marcel Toader International Statistics
  4. https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/a-murit-omul-de-afaceri-marcel-toader-1168763 The businessman Marcel Toader died