External links
- Cristian Podea at ESPNscrum (archived)
- Cristian Podea at ItsRugby.fr (in French)
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| Born | Ionel Cristian Podea 22 February 1979 Bucharest, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 182 lb (83 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cristian Podea (born 22 February 1979 in Bucharest) is a former Romanian rugby union player and coach. He played as a scrum-half.
During his career, Podea played for Universitatea Cluj, Dinamo București, CSU Arad, Timișoara, Baia Mare and again for Universitatea Cluj.
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.
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