Cristian Stoica
Birth name | Cristian Alexandru Stoica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1 August 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 103 kg (227 lb; 16.2 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cristian Alexandru Stoica, also known as Alessandro Stoica (born 1 August 1976, in Bucharest) is a Romanian-Italian retired rugby union footballer, who played as a centre.
Career
Stoica played for the youth Steaua Bucharest team in his first years, from 1984/85 to 1988/89. He moved to Italy in 1989 with his family. He later became a naturalized Italian citizen. He played for CUS Pavia (1995/96), Amatori Rugby Milano (1996/97), in the National Championship of Excellence. He moved to France, where he would play for RC Narbonne (1997/01). He spent a season at Gloucester Rugby (2001/02), returning afterwards to France, where he played for Castres Olympique (2002/03), Montpellier Hérault (2003/08), where he won the European Shield in 2004, and SC Mazamet (2009/10), where he finished his career.
He had 71 caps for Italy, from 1997 to 2007, scoring 11 tries, 55 points on aggregate. He was called for the 1999 Rugby World Cup, playing in three games but without scoring. He was called once again for the 2003 Rugby World Cup, playing in three games.
He played in the Six Nations Championship from 2000 to 2006; he had 28 caps, with a try scored.[1]
Honours
Club
- Narbonne
- European Challenge Cup runner-up: 2000–01
- Castres Olympique
- Montpellier Hérault
References
External links
- Cristian Stoica at ESPNscrum
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Bucharest
- Romanian emigrants to Italy
- Italian rugby union players
- Naturalised citizens of Italy
- Rugby union centres
- Amatori Rugby Milano players
- RC Narbonne players
- Gloucester Rugby players
- Castres Olympique players
- Montpellier Hérault Rugby players
- Italian people of Romanian descent
- Italy international rugby union players
- Italian expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in France
- Expatriate rugby union players in England
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in England
- CSA Steaua București (rugby union) players
- Romanian rugby union players
- 1999 Rugby World Cup players
- 2003 Rugby World Cup players