Florică Murariu
| Date of birth | March 28, 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Mitoc, Botoșani, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | December 24, 1989 (aged 34) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Bucharest, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Florică Murariu (28 March 1955 – 24 December 1989) was a Romanian rugby union player. He played as a flanker.
Career
Murariu spent his entire career playing for Steaua Bucharest, winning ten championships.[1]
He won 69 caps for Romania, from 1976 to 1989, and scored 8 tries, 32 points on aggregate.[2] He made his international debut against France on 14 November 1976. He captained his country for the first time on 12 April 1986 against France. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing in two games and scoring 2 tries, 8 points on aggregate. His final international appearance came against England on 13 May 1989.
Murariu was an officer in the Romanian Army and was shot dead at a roadblock during the 1989 Revolution.[3]
Honours
Club
- Steaua Bucharest
- Romanian League:
- Champion (10): 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989
- Romanian Cup:
- Winner (2): 1977, 1978
International
- Romania
- FIRA Nations Cup:
- Winner (3): 1977, 1981, 1983
References
- ^ "Legende". CSA Steaua Rugby (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ Florica Murariu International Statistics
- ^ Maria Sorescu, Poveștile eroilor rugbyști care au murit pe baricade pentru eliberarea de sub comunism, ziaruldesport.ro, 20 December 2012 (Romanian)]
External links
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