Birth name | Silviu Florea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 19 April 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 105 kg (16.5 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Silviu Florea (born 19 April 1977, in Bucharest) is a Romanian rugby union player. [1] He plays as a prop.
He played for RC Cannes-Mandelieu before returning to Romania, where he played for Steaua Bucharest, from 2003 to 2006, winning the Divizia Naţională. He then moved back to France, to play for Racing Métro 92, until 2006, when he joined AS Béziers.
He made his debut for Romania on 18 November 2000 against Italy. He went to play at the 2003 Rugby World Cup, the 2007 Rugby World Cup and the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
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Silviu may refer to:
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