Haralambie Dumitraș

Haralambie Dumitraș (born 11 February 1960), also known as Hari Dumitraș, is a Romanian former rugby union player and current coach. He played as number eight.

Haralambie Dumitraș
Dumitraș during a press conference at Romania's squad announcement for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Date of birth (1960-02-11) 11 February 1960
Place of birthSiret, Romania
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
Notable relative(s)Iulian Dumitraș (son)
Rugby union career
Position(s) No. 8
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1981–1986
1986–1990
1990–1995
1995–2000		 CSM Suceava
Contactoare Buzău
Section Paloise
RC Strasbourg		 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1984–1993  Romania 47 (30)
Coaching career
Years Team
1995–2000
2001–2002
2002–2003
2004–2005
2005–2008
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012		 RC Strasbourg (player coach)
Pontarlier
Romania (assistant)
CA Périgueux
Entente Astarac Bigorre
US Argelès
Romania U19 (technical director)
Romania

Professional career

He played for Section Paloise and RC Strasbourg in France.

Dumitraș was a leading name for Romania during the "Golden Era" of the 1980s. He had 47 caps, from 1984 to 1993, scoring 7 tries, 30 points in aggregate. He was the captain in 13 games. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing in two games, without scoring, and for the 1991 Rugby World Cup, playing in all the three games and scoring a try in the 17-15 win over Fiji at 12 October 1991.[1]

After finishing his player career, he became a coach. He settled in France, where he was one of the two head coaches of CA Périgueux. He afterwards went to coach Entente Astarac Bigorre XV, RC Strasbourg and US Argelésienne, since 2009/10.

He was for a short period of time the head coach of Romania national team in 2012, and now is the head of Romanian Rugby Federation.

Personal life

His son, Iulian Dumitraș, is also a professional rugby union player following his father's footspeps, and was a member of Romania's national team, playing at the 2007 and 2011 Rugby World Cups.[2]

References
  1. Haralambie Dumitras International Statistics
  2. Spiritul "stejarilor" merge mai departe! Cel mai tare duo tată-fiu din rugby, reunit de ProSport!


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