Vasile Balan (rugby union)

Vasile Bălan
Vasile Bălan in 2019
Full nameVasile Bălan
Date of birth (1992-02-07) 7 February 1992 (age 32)
Place of birthBârlad, Romania[1]
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight111 kg (17 st 7 lb; 245 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Current team Steaua București
Youth career
CSS Bârlad
RC Bârlad
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011–15 RC Bârlad ()
2016–17 Politehnica Iași 8 (0)
2017–19 CSM București 20 (10)
2019–Present Steaua București 3 (5)
Correct as of 2 February 2020
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2019–Present Romania 1 (0)
Correct as of 2 February 2020

Vasile Balan (born 7 February 1992) is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a prop for professional SuperLiga club Steaua București.

Club career

Vasile Bălan started playing rugby as a youth for a school based local Romanian club, CSS Bârlad, in his native city of Bârlad. A logical move to the local club RC Bârlad followed. His professional debut came in 2016 for Politehnica Iași. After just one season with Politehnica he moved to Bucharest-based side, CSM where he played for two seasons. In 2019 he was signed by Steaua following the dissolution of his former club, CSM.[2][3][4][5]

International career

Bălan is also selected for Romania's national team, the Oaks, making his international debut during the Week 5 of 2019 Rugby Europe Championship in a match against the Zwarte Duivels / Diables Noirs on 17 March 2019.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ www.monitoruldevaslui.ro (21 May 2019). "Doi rugbisti barladeni, premiati de CSM Bucuresti".
  2. ^ EstNews. "Bârlădeanul Vasile Bălan in selectionata Rugby Europa".
  3. ^ www.ziaruldeiasi.ro (7 March 2017). "Un ieşean debutează la "stejari"".
  4. ^ www.bzi.ro (7 March 2017). "Poli formeaza jucatori pentru nationala! Ieseanul Vasile Balan, convocat la echipa Romaniei pentru meciul cu Belgia".
  5. ^ www.csmbucuresti.ro (19 March 2019). ""Tigrii" Hartig și Balan au debutat la echipa națională".
  6. ^ en.espn.co.uk (17 March 2019). "Romania Rugby Union debuts".
  7. ^ ESPN (17 March 2019). "SIX NATIONS B - Brussels, 17 March 2019, 13:00 local, 12:00 GMT".
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