Haralambie Dumitraș
 Dumitraș during a press conference at Romania's squad announcement for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 February 1960 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]External links
[edit]- Haralambie Dumitraș at ESPNscrum
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