Haralambie Dumitraș

Haralambie Dumitraș

Dumitraș during a press conference at Romania's squad announcement for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Date of birth	(1960-02-11) 11 February 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth	Siret, Romania
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
Notable relative(s)	Iulian Dumitraș (son)
Rugby union career
Position(s) No. 8 Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1981–1986 1986–1990 1990–1995 1995–2000 CSM Suceava Contactoare Buzău Section Paloise RC Strasbourg () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1984–1993  Romania 47 (30) Coaching career Years Team 1995–2000 2001–2002 2002–2003 2004–2005 2005–2008 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 RC Strasbourg (player coach) Pontarlier Romania (assistant) CA Périgueux Entente Astarac Bigorre US Argelès Romania U19 (technical director) Romania

Haralambie Dumitraș (born 11 February 1960), also known as Hari Dumitraș, is a Romanian former rugby union player and current coach. He played as number eight.

Professional career

He played for Section Paloise and RC Strasbourg in France.

Dumitraș was a leading name for Romania during the "Golden Era" of the 1980s. He had 47 caps, from 1984 to 1993, scoring 7 tries, 30 points in aggregate. He was the captain in 13 games. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing in two games, without scoring, and for the 1991 Rugby World Cup, playing in all the three games and scoring a try in the 17-15 win over Fiji at 12 October 1991.^[1]

After finishing his player career, he became a coach. He settled in France, where he was one of the two head coaches of CA Périgueux. He afterwards went to coach Entente Astarac Bigorre XV, RC Strasbourg and US Argelésienne, since 2009/10.

He was for a short period of time the head coach of Romania national team in 2012, and now is the head of Romanian Rugby Federation.

Personal life

His son, Iulian Dumitraș, is also a professional rugby union player following his father's footspeps, and was a member of Romania's national team, playing at the 2007 and 2011 Rugby World Cups.^[2]

References

External links

• Haralambie Dumitraș at ESPNscrum

Sporting positions
Preceded by Romeo Gontineac	Romania National Rugby Union Coach 2012	Succeeded by Lynn Howells

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