Gheorghe Vărzaru

Gheorghe Vărzaru
Vărzaru (bottom row, second from right) with Romania's national team in 1980
Date of birth(1960-04-30)30 April 1960
Place of birthCobadin, Romania
Date of death16 March 2025(2025-03-16) (aged 64)
Place of deathBucharest, Romania
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Wing
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1979–1981 Farul Constanța ? (?)
1981–1982 CS Vienne ? (?)
1982–1991 Steaua București ? (?)
1991–1993 Saumur Rugby ? (?)
1993–1994 Steaua București ? (?)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1980–1988 Romania 23 (4)

Gheorghe Vărzaru (30 April 1960 – 16 March 2025) was a Romanian rugby union player.[1]

Biography

His career lasted from the 1970s to the 1990s[2] and included a stint at the French club CS Vienne.[3] He made 23 appearances with the Romanian national team, scoring four points.[4]

Vărzaru died in Bucharest on 16 March 2025, at the age of 64.[5]

Honours

Club

Steaua București[6]
  • Romanian League (6): 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89

International

Romania[6]

References

  1. ^ Petrescu, Elena (17 March 2025). "Doliu și lacrimi în Ghencea: fosta glorie a Stelei și a naționalei a pierdut lupta cu viața". Newsweek România (in Romanian). Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  2. ^ "S-a stins din viață fostul mare internațional și fost vicepreședinte al Federației Române de Rugby, Gheorghe Vărzaru". Romanian Rugby Federation (in Romanian). 17 March 2025. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  3. ^ Billet, Yves (12 January 2019). "Le CS Vienne défie le CS Bourgoin-Jallieu ce samedi soir (20 h) à Pierre-Rajon". Le Progrès (in French). Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Gheorghie Varzaru". espn.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021.
  5. ^ Hitruc, Cristian (17 March 2025). "A murit un jucător de legendă al Stelei, la doar 64 de ani". ProSport (in Romanian). Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Vărzaru Gheorghe". Airugby.ro (in Romanian). 14 December 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
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