Cristian Podea

Romanian rugby union player and coach

Rugby player

Cristian Podea

Birth name

Ionel Cristian Podea

Date of birth

(1979-02-22) February 22, 1979 (age 45)

Place of birth

Bucharest, Romania

Height

5 ft 8 in (173 cm)

Weight

182 lb (83 kg)

Rugby union career

Senior career
Position(s)	Scrum-half
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
–2003 2003 ? ? 2009–13 2013–15^[2]	Universitatea Cluj Dinamo București CSU Arad Timișoara Baia Mare Universitatea Cluj^[1]	? ? ? ? ? ?	? ? ? ? ? ?
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2001–03	Romania	9	(0)

Cristian Podea (born February 22, 1979, in Bucharest) is a former Romanian rugby union player and coach. He played as a scrum-half.

Club career

During his career, Podea played for Universitatea Cluj, Dinamo București, CSU Arad, Timișoara, Baia Mare and again for Universitatea Cluj.^[3]

International career

Podea gathered 9 caps for Romania, from his debut in 2001 to his last game in 2003. He was a member of his national side for the 6th Rugby World Cup in 2003 playing one match against host country, the Wallabies.

Since 2019, Podea is the current team manager of U Cluj Rugby, which plays in the Romanian SuperLiga.

References

^ „Grădiniţa” de pe terenul de rugby
^ CRISTIAN PODEA NU ESTE LASAT DE DOCTORI SA MAI JOACE RUGBY
^ Clujul s-a ales cu un super-jucător de rugby: Ionel Cristian Podea, un sufletist