Vasile_Balan_(rugby_union)
Vasile Balan (rugby union)
Romanian rugby player
Vasile Balan (born 7 February 1992) is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a prop for professional SuperLiga club Steaua București.
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| Full name | Vasile Bălan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1992-02-07) 7 February 1992 (age 32) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bârlad, Romania[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 111 kg (17 st 7 lb; 245 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vasile Bălan started playing rugby as a youth for a school based local Romanian club, CSS Bârlad, in his native city of Bârlad. A logical move to the local club RC Bârlad followed. His professional debut came in 2016 for Politehnica Iași. After just one season with Politehnica he moved to Bucharest-based side, CSM where he played for two seasons. In 2019 he was signed by Steaua following the dissolution of his former club, CSM.[2][3][4][5]
Bălan is also selected for Romania's national team, the Oaks, making his international debut during the Week 5 of 2019 Rugby Europe Championship in a match against the Zwarte Duivels / Diables Noirs on 17 March 2019.[6][7]
- www.monitoruldevaslui.ro (21 May 2019). "Doi rugbisti barladeni, premiati de CSM Bucuresti".
- www.ziaruldeiasi.ro (7 March 2017). "Un ieşean debutează la "stejari"".
- www.csmbucuresti.ro (19 March 2019). ""Tigrii" Hartig și Balan au debutat la echipa națională".
- en.espn.co.uk (17 March 2019). "Romania Rugby Union debuts".
- ESPN (17 March 2019). "SIX NATIONS B - Brussels, 17 March 2019, 13:00 local, 12:00 GMT".
- Vasile Balan at ESPNscrum
- Vasile Balan at ItsRugby.co.uk
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| Vasile Balan at Romanian Rugby SuperLiga (in Romanian)
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