Marius Octavian Dănilă (born 8 March 1987) is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a lock for professional SuperLiga club Știința Baia Mare.
Full name | Marius Octavian Dănilă | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 8 March 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Suceava, Romania[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 240 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
editBefore joining Știința Baia Mare in 2006, Dănilă played as a youth for a local Romanian club based in Gura Humorului, namely CSȘ Gura Humorului. On 29 July 2006 he started his professional journey joining SuperLiga side, CSM Știința Baia Mare following the advice of Romanian international Mihai Macovei. In 2011 he was selected to play Bucharest side, București Wolves, a state team assembled to play in the European Rugby Challenge Cup.[2]
International career
editDănilă is also selected for Romania's national team, the Oaks, making his international debut during the 2012 season of European Nations Cup First Division in a match against Ukraine on 31 March 2012.[3][4][5]
Honours
edit- SuperLiga: 2008–09, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2018–19
- Romanian Cup: 2010, 2012
- King's Cup (Cupa Regelui): 2016, 2017
References
edit- ^ www.rugbybaiamare.ro (21 January 2016). "Marius Dănilă de zece ani în lotul zimbrilor".
- ^ www.rugbybaiamare.ro (1 February 2019). "Marius Dănilă rămâne zimbru încă trei ani".
- ^ en.espn.co.uk (31 March 2012). "Romania Rugby Union debuts".
- ^ ESPN (31 March 2012). "SIX NATIONS B - Bucharest, 31 March 2012, 17:00 local, 14:00 GMT".
- ^ www.jurnalmm.ro (7 June 2014). "Rugby – Interviuri pe repede înainte: Marius Dănilă".
External links
edit- Marius Dănilă at ESPNscrum
- Marius Dănilă at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Marius Dănilă at European Professional Club Rugby
- Marius Dănilă at Romanian Rugby SuperLiga (in Romanian)
- Marius Dănilă at Știința Baia Mare (in Romanian)