Adrian Tinca
Birth name | Adrian Aurelian Tinca | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | January 9, 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Constanța, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | March 1, 2017 | (aged 50)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Castres, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adrian Tinca (Constanta 9 January 1967-Castres, 1 March 2017[2]) was a Romanian former rugby union player and coach. He played as centre.
Career
Tinca debuted for Clubul Sportiv Școlar nr. 2 Constanța in 1979, where he played until 1986, when he moved to Steaua for a year in the championship. The following year, he moved to Farul Constanța, where he would play for the rest of his career until 1999, when he retired. He had his first cap for Romania in 1987, with his only caps were in two tests against France and Soviet Union. Tinca was also part of the Romania squad which took part at the 1987 Rugby World Cup, although he did not took part in the tournament. Years after his retirement, Tinca coached his former team, Farul Constanța between 2002 and 2004, later coaching two amateur teams from Constanța, RC Cleopatra between 2004 and 2010 and RC Tomitanii Constanța, between 2010 and 2016.
Death
On 1 March 2017, at the age of 50, Tinca died of a heart attack while travelling to Castres with the Under-16 team he coached to play two test matches against Castres and Quillan.[3][4]
Honours
- Clubul Sportiv Școlar nr. 2 Constanța
National Junior championship: 1985
- Cupa României: 1994-95 and 1996-97
References
- ^ Asociația Internaționalilor de Rugby România - Tinca Adrian
- ^ Fostul rugbist Adrian Tinca, care a murit în urma unui stop cardiac, va fi înmormântat duminică Libertatea.ro
- ^ Fostul rugbist Adrian Tinca, care a murit în urma unui stop cardiac, va fi înmormântat duminică Libertatea.ro
- ^ Cum a murit antrenorul Adrian Tinca, la numai 50 de ani
External links
- Adrian Tinca international statistics Scrum.com