Gheorghe Leonte

Gheorghe Leonte (born Fetești, 12 February 1963) is a former Romanian rugby union footballer. He played as a prop.

Gheorghe Leonte
Date of birth (1963-02-12) 12 February 1963
Place of birthFetești, Romania
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1983-1992
1993-1994
1994-199?		 Steaua Bucuresti[1]
Miélan-Mirande
CS Vienne		 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1984-1995  Romania 57 (19)

Leonte first played for Steaua Bucuresti, until he moved to France, where he represented Miélan-Mirande and CS Vienne, the last team of his player career.

He had 57 caps for Romania, scoring 4 tries, 19 points in aggregate, from 12 March 1984, in a 28-22 win over Scotland, in Bucharest, in a friendly match, to 3 June 1995, in a 42-3 defeat to Australia, in Stellenbosch, for the 1995 Rugby World Cup finals.

Leonte played in three Rugby World Cup finals, having 2 caps at the 1987 Rugby World Cup, 3 caps at the 1991 Rugby World Cup and 3 once again at the 1995 Rugby World Cup, never scoring.[2]

Honours
  • Steaua Bucuresti
Divizia Nationala
1983/84, 1984/85, 1986/87, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1991/92

References
  1. CSA Steaua Rugby - site-ul oficial
  2. Gheorghe Leonte International Statistics


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