Haralambie Dumitraș

Haralambie Dumitraș
	Dumitraș during a press conference at Romania's squad announcement for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Date of birth	11 February 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth	Siret, Romania
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	96 kg (15 st 2 lb)
Notable relative(s)	Iulian Dumitraș (son)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	No. 8
Senior career
Years	Team
1981–1986	CSM Suceava
1986–1990	Contactoare Buzău
1990–1995	Section Paloise
1995–2000	RC Strasbourg
International career
Years	Team
1984–1993	Romania
Coaching career
Years	Team
1995–2000	RC Strasbourg (player coach)
2001–2002	Pontarlier
2002–2003	Romania (assistant)
2004–2005	CA Périgueux
2005–2008	Entente Astarac Bigorre
2009–2010	US Argelès
2010–2011	Romania U19 (technical director)
2011–2012	Romania

Haralambie Dumitraș (born 11 February 1960), also known as Hari Dumitraș, is a Romanian former rugby union player and current coach. He played as number eight.

Professional career

He played for Section Paloise and RC Strasbourg in France.

Dumitraș was a leading name for Romania during the "Golden Era" of the 1980s. He had 47 caps, from 1984 to 1993, scoring 7 tries, 30 points in aggregate. He was the captain in 13 games. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing in two games, without scoring, and for the 1991 Rugby World Cup, playing in all the three games and scoring a try in the 17-15 win over Fiji at 12 October 1991.^[1]

After finishing his player career, he became a coach. He settled in France, where he was one of the two head coaches of CA Périgueux. He afterwards went to coach Entente Astarac Bigorre XV, RC Strasbourg and US Argelésienne, since 2009/10.

He was for a short period of time the head coach of Romania national team in 2012, and now is the head of Romanian Rugby Federation.

Personal life

His son, Iulian Dumitraș, is also a professional rugby union player following his father's footspeps, and was a member of Romania's national team, playing at the 2007 and 2011 Rugby World Cups.^[2]