Adrian Tinca

Adrian Tinca
Birth name	Adrian Aurelian Tinca
Date of birth	January 9, 1967 (age 57)
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)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Centre
Youth career
1979-1986	Clubul Sportiv Școlar nr. 2 Constanța
Senior career
Years	Team
1986-1987	Steaua București
1987-1997	Farul Constanța
International career
Years	Team
1987	Romania
Coaching career
Years	Team
2002-2004	Farul Constanța
2004-2010	RC Cleopatra
2014-2016	RC Tomitanii Constanța

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 take 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]