Nicolae Dragoș Dima
Birth name | Dragoș Nicolae Dima | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 30 July 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Focșani, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
Dima comes from a sporting family. His mother Constanța was a volleyball player and his father Costică a former Greco-Roman wrestler.[2]
Honours
Club
- Toulouse
- Castres
- European Challenge Cup runner-up: 1999–00
International
- Romania
- European Nations Cup: 2000
References
External links
- Dragoș Dima at ESPNscrum
- Dragoș Dima at European Professional Club Rugby
- Dragoș Dima at ItsRugby.co.uk