Vasile Ghioc

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Vasile Ghioc
Birth nameVasile Ghioc
Date of birth (1978-02-28) 28 February 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight176 lb (80 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
?–2003 Dinamo București ()
2003–? Launceston ()
Dinamo București ()
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1998–2003 Dinamo București 15 (10)
2004–05 București Wolves 2 (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2000–2008 Romania 22 (30)

Vasile Ghioc (born 28 February 1978 in Bucharest) is a former Romanian rugby union player. He played as a wing. [1]

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Club career

During his career, Ghioc played mostly for Dinamo București in Romania and for București Wolves a Romanian professional rugby union team based in Bucharest and competed with both teams in the European Rugby Challenge Cup competition. In 2003 he moved to English-based club Launceston only to return to Dinamo a short period of time after his stint in English rugby. [2]

International career

Ghioc gathered 22 caps for Romania, from his debut in 2000 against Italy to his last game in 2008 against Portugal. He was a member of his national side for the 6th Rugby World Cup in 2003, where he played a single match in Pool A against Argentina.

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