Cristian Podea

Cristian Podea (born 22 February 1979 in Bucharest) is a former Romanian rugby union player and coach. He played as a scrum-half.

Cristian Podea

Birth name	Ionel Cristian Podea
Date of birth	(1979-02-22) 22 February 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	182 lb (83 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) –2003 2003 ? ? 2009–13 2013–15[1] Universitatea Cluj Dinamo București CSU Arad Timișoara Baia Mare Universitatea Cluj[2] ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2001–03  Romania 9 (0)

Club career

During his career, Podea played for Universitatea Cluj, Dinamo București, CSU Arad, Timișoara, Baia Mare and again for Universitatea Cluj.^[3]

International career

Podea gathered 9 caps for Romania, from his debut in 2001 to his last game in 2003. He was a member of his national side for the 6th Rugby World Cup in 2003 playing one match against host country, the Wallabies.

Since 2019, Podea is the current team manager of U Cluj Rugby, which plays in the Romanian SuperLiga.