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Andrei Gurănescu

Andrei Gurănescu
Birth nameAndrei Gurănescu
Date of birth (1967-09-24) 24 September 1967 (age 57)
Place of birthBucharest, Romania
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1986–1988 Steaua București ()
1988–1998 Dinamo București ()
1998–2000 Mogliano Rugby ()
2000–2006 RCP Meaux ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1991–1995 Romania 17 (10)

Andrei Gurănescu (born 24 September 1967 in Bucharest) is a Romanian former rugby union football player and current coach. He played as a flanker.

He coached RCP Meaux in France.[1]

Club career

Gurănescu played for arch-rivals Steaua and Dinamo Bucharest.[2] He also played in Italy and France.

International career

Gurănescu gathered 17 caps for Romania, from his debut in 1991 to his last game in 1995. He scored 2 tries during his international career, 10 points on aggregate. He was a member of his national side for the 2nd and 3rd Rugby World Cups in 1991 and 1995 and played 3 group matches and scored a try against Springboks in Pool A match held in Cape Town, on 30 May 1995.[3]

Personal life

His younger brother Șerban also played professionally in Romania, Italy and Académica de Coimbra in Portugal.[4]

Honours

Club

Steaua Bucharest
SuperLiga
1986/87, 1987/88
Dinamo Bucharest
SuperLiga
1990/91, 1993/94, 1995/96, 1997/98
Romanian Cup
1988/89, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98

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