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
1988–1998
1998–2000
2000–2006
Steaua București
Dinamo București
Mogliano Rugby
RCP Meaux
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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

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

International career

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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

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

Honours

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Club

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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

References

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