Birth name | Gabriel Vlad | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 9 April 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gabriel Vlad (born 9 April 1969 in Bucharest) is a former Romanian former rugby union football player. He played as a prop.
During his career Vlad played for Romanian club RC Grivița. [1] He also played in France for RC Narbonne.
Vlad gathered 30 caps for Romania, from his debut in 1991 to his last game in 1998. He scored 1 try during his international career, 5 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 5 group matches without scoring. [2] [3]
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