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Gabriel Pop

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Gabriel Pop
Full nameGabriel Gheorghe Pop
Date of birth (1998-03-29) 29 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birthRomania
Height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half, Centre
Current team CS Dinamo București
Youth career
2006-2015 ER Galicia
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015-2021 ER Galicia ?? (??)
2021-2022 Cascais ?? (??)
2022- CS Dinamo București 8 (30)
2022- Romanian Wolves 3 (0)
Correct as of 26 November 2023
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017 Portugal under-20 ?? (??)
2022- Romania 6 (5)
2023 Romania A 1 (0)
Correct as of 26 November 2023
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2016 Portugal 1
Correct as of 18 August 2023

Gabriel Gheorghe Pop (born 29 March 1998) is a Romanian rugby union who plays at CS Dinamo București in the Liga Națională de Rugby.[1]

Club career

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Pop began his career at ER Galicia, starting at the age of eight. He joined Portuguese side Carcais on 2021,[2][3] where he spent a season before moving back to Romania to play for CS Dinamo București.

International career

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In 2016 he was selected for the Portugal Sevens team in the Rugby Europe 7s Grand Prix Series Lodz. He was then later selected for the Portugal under-20 squad for the 2018 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy. Where they finished third.[4][5]

In 2022 Pop made his debut for Romania against Uruguay.[6][7] He was named in the squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Pop Gabriel Ghorghe | CS Dinamo Bucuresti | Mijlocas la deschidere". Rugby Romania (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  2. ^ "PORTUGAL RUGBY". PORTUGAL RUGBY (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  3. ^ Isaac, Francisco (2018-08-27). "Gabriel Pop. "A ER Galiza será sempre a minha 1ª casa"". Fair Play (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  4. ^ "Gabriel POP - Player statistics - international stats - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  5. ^ Play, Fair (2018-08-23). "Rugby Lab 38# Os Sub-20 na Roménia, com Gabriel Pop e João F. Lima". Fair Play (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  6. ^ "Gabriel POP profile and stats". all.rugby. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  7. ^ "Romania squad trimmed for Uruguay tour". Americas Rugby News. 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  8. ^ rugbybworldcup.com. "Rugby World Cup 2023 Pool B squads: Two caps centurions in Romania squad | Rugby World Cup 2023". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 2023-08-18.