| Date of birth | 27 January 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Pașcani, Iași County, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Institutul de Mine, Petroșani (promoted in 1984) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Topographical engineer, Police Superior Officer (Police Commissioner at the Cluj County Police Inspectorate) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ion Bucan (born Pașcani, 27 January 1955), is a Romanian former rugby union player. [2] He played as prop.
He first played in 1970, for Politehnica Iași, where he played until 1978, when he started to play for Știința Petroșani in the championship. Bucan later moved for Dinamo București in 1984. He debuted for Romania on 21 September 1976, against Bulgaria, in Burgas, [3] during the 1976-77 FIRA Trophy. Bucan was also part of the Romania squad for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, where he played all three matches in the tournament. His last cap was against France, on 11 November 1987, in Agen.

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