Andrei Gurănescu

Andrei Gurănescu

Birth name	Andrei Gurănescu
Date of birth	(1967-09-24) 24 September 1967
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1986–1988 1988–1998 1998–2000 2000–2006 Steaua București Dinamo București Mogliano Rugby RCP Meaux () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1991–1995 Romania 17 (10)

Andrei Gurănescu (born 24 September 1967 in Bucharest) is a Romanian former rugby union football player and current coach. He played as a flanker.

He coached RCP Meaux in France.

Club career

Gurănescu played for arch-rivals Steaua and Dinamo Bucharest. He also played in Italy and France.

International career

Gurănescu gathered 17 caps for Romania, from his debut in 1991 to his last game in 1995. He scored 2 tries during his international career, 10 points on aggregate. He was a member of his national side for the 2nd and 3rd Rugby World Cups in 1991 and 1995 and played 3 group matches and scored a try against Springboks in Pool A match held in Cape Town, on 30 May 1995.

Personal life

His younger brother Șerban also played professionally in Romania, Italy and Académica de Coimbra in Portugal.

Honours

Club

Steaua Bucharest

SuperLiga

1986/87, 1987/88

Dinamo Bucharest

SuperLiga

1990/91, 1993/94, 1995/96, 1997/98

Romanian Cup

1988/89, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98

External links

• Andrei Gurănescu International statistics at ESPN
• Andrei Gurănescu's profile at It'srugby