Romeo Gontineac, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Romanian rugby union footballer and coach
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Place of Birth: Botoșani, Botoșani County, Romania
About Romeo Gontineac
- Romeo Stefan Gontineac (born 18 December 1973 in Hlipiceni, Botosani) is a former Romanian rugby union player and a current coach.
- He played as a centre. Gontineac played for Cluj Napoca (1993/95-1995/96) in Romania, South Western Districts (1996), in South Africa.
- He moved to France, where he played in FC Grenoble (1996/97), Section Paloise (1997/98) and Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne (1998/99-2009/10), where he finished his career. Gontineac held 75 caps, from 1997 to 2008, with 13 tries and 1 drop goal scored, 68 points in aggregate.
- He played all the matches for Romania in four Rugby World Cup finals, in 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007, in an aggregate of 14 caps.
- He was also the captain at the last two presences.He became a coach and was nominated head coach of Romania in 2010, succeeding Serge Lairle of France.
- Gontineac called upon the services of former All Blacks Steve McDowall to be his assistant coach in the qualifyings the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
- Romania qualified at the repechage, but disappointed at the finals, being unable to win a single match for the first time since 1995.
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