Nicolae Dragoș Dima

Dragoș Dima

Birth name	Dragoș Nicolae Dima
Date of birth	(1979-07-30) 30 July 1979
Place of birth	Focșani, Romania
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Youth career 1993–1996 LPS Focșani 1996–1998 Farul Constanța 1998–1999 Castres Olympique Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1999–2002 Castres Olympique () 2002–2005 Stade Toulousain () 2005–2006 Villefranche () 2006–2008 Section Paloise () 2008–2009 US Orthez () 2009–2010 Oloron () 2010–2011 Blagnac () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1999–2011 Romania 39 (10)

Dragoș Nicolae Dima (born 30 July 1979 in Focșani) is a Romanian former rugby union prop and current coach.

Dima spent his entire club career in France, playing for Castres Olympique (1999/02), Stade Toulousain (2002/05), Villefranchois (2005/06), Section Paloise (2006/08), US Orthez (2008/09), Oloron (2009/10) and Blagnac (2010/11). He was the assistant coach of Angers in the 2013/14 season

He has 39 caps for Romania, from 1999 to 2011, scoring 2 tries, 10 points on aggregate. He had his debut for the "Oaks" at the 1999 Rugby World Cup, playing in three games as a substitute but without scoring. He would be called again for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, but this time he didn't play.

Dima comes from a sporting family. His mother Constanța was a volleyball player and his father Costică a former Greco-Roman wrestler.

Honours

Club

Toulouse

• Heineken Cup: 2004–05

Castres

• European Challenge Cup runner-up: 1999–00

International

Romania

• European Nations Cup: 2000

External links

• Dragoș Dima at ESPNscrum
• Dragoș Dima at European Professional Club Rugby
• Dragoș Dima at ItsRugby.co.uk