Florică Murariu

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Florică Murariu
Florica Murariu Steaua Bucharest.jpg
Murariu with Steaua Bucharest
Date of birth28 March 1955
Place of birth Mitoc, Botoșani, Romania
Date of death24 December 1989(1989-12-24) (aged 34)
Place of death Bucharest, Romania
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1974–1989 Steaua București ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1976–1989 Romania 69 (32)

Florică Murariu (28 March 1955 24 December 1989) was a Romanian professional rugby union flanker. [1]

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Career

Murariu spent his entire career playing for Steaua Bucharest, where he won 10 league titles. [2]

He won 69 caps for Romania, from 1976 to 1989, and scored 8 tries, 32 points on aggregate. [3] He made his international debut against France on 14 November 1976. He captained his country for the first time on 12 April 1986 against France. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing in two games and scoring 2 tries, 8 points on aggregate. His final international appearance came against England on 13 May 1989.

Murariu was an officer in the Romanian Army and was shot dead at a roadblock during the 1989 Revolution. [1] [4]

Honours

Club

Steaua Bucharest

International

Romania

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References

  1. 1 2 Butler, Eddie (15 April 2001). "A dead man and a dying game". The Observer. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. "Legende". CSA Steaua Rugby (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  3. "Florică Murariu international career". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  4. Sorescu, Maria (20 December 2012). "Poveștile eroilor rugbyști care au murit pe baricade pentru eliberarea de sub comunism". Ziarul de Sport (in Romanian). Retrieved 19 October 2016.

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