Gabriel Pop
| Full name | Gabriel Gheorghe Pop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 29 March 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gabriel Gheorghe Pop (born 29 March 1998) is a Romanian rugby union who plays at CS Dinamo București in the Liga Națională de Rugby.[1]
Club career
[edit]Pop began his career at ER Galicia, starting at the age of eight. He joined Portuguese side Carcais on 2021,[2][3] where he spent a season before moving back to Romania to play for CS Dinamo București.
International career
[edit]In 2016 he was selected for the Portugal Sevens team in the Rugby Europe 7s Grand Prix Series Lodz. He was then later selected for the Portugal under-20 squad for the 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy. Where they finished third.[4][5]
In 2022 Pop made his debut for Romania against Uruguay.[6][7] He was named in the squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pop Gabriel Ghorghe | CS Dinamo Bucuresti | Mijlocas la deschidere". Rugby Romania (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-08-18.
- ^ "PORTUGAL RUGBY". PORTUGAL RUGBY (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-08-18.
- ^ Isaac, Francisco (2018-08-27). "Gabriel Pop. "A ER Galiza será sempre a minha 1ª casa"". Fair Play (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-08-18.
- ^ "Gabriel POP - Player statistics - international stats - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
- ^ Play, Fair (2018-08-23). "Rugby Lab 38# Os Sub-20 na Roménia, com Gabriel Pop e João F. Lima". Fair Play (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-08-18.
- ^ "Gabriel POP profile and stats". all.rugby. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
- ^ "Romania squad trimmed for Uruguay tour". Americas Rugby News. 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
- ^ rugbybworldcup.com. "Rugby World Cup 2023 Pool B squads: Two caps centurions in Romania squad ｜ Rugby World Cup 2023". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 2023-08-18.