Liviu Hodorcă

Rugby player
Liviu Hodorcă
Birth nameLiviu Hodorcă
Date of birth(1961-07-01)1 July 1961
Place of birthRomania
Date of death19 June 2023(2023-06-19) (aged 61)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback, wing
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1983–1994 Steaua București[1] ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1984–1988 Romania 11 (8)

Liviu Hodorcă (1 July 1961 – 19 June 2023) was a Romanian rugby union football player. He played as a fullback or as a wing.[2]

Club career

Liviu Hodorcă played for Steaua București and won the national championship six times and finishing as a runner-up three times.

International career

Liviu Hodorcă earned 11 caps for Romania, from his debut in 1984 to his last game in 1988. He scored two tries during his international career, eight points on aggregate. He was a member of his national side for the 1st Rugby World Cup in 1987 and played in one group match in 1987 against Sables in which he scored four of his eight career points.[3]

Death

Hodorcă died on 19 June 2023, at the age of 61.[4]

Awards

Steaua București
  • Six times Divizia Națională Champion: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1991–92
  • Three times Divizia Națională Runner-Up: 1985–86, 1989–90, 1992–93

External links

  • Liviu Hodorcă at ESPNscrum
  • Liviu Hodorcă at ItsRugby.co.uk
  • Liviu Hodorcă's Profile at Eurosport

References

  1. ^ LEGENDE CSA Steaua București
  2. ^ Rugby World Cup 1987 Romania Squad
  3. ^ Liviu Hodorcă Career Figures at ESPN Scrum
  4. ^ A murit Liviu Hodorcă. Fostul campion avea 63 de ani (in Romanian)
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Romania squad1987 Rugby World Cup
Forwards
  • Bucan
  • L. Constantin
  • Ș. Constantin
  • Dumitraș
  • Dumitru
  • Grigore
  • Ilcă
  • Leonte
  • Murariu
  • Necula
  • Opriș
  • Pascu
  • Răducanu
  • Vereș
Backs
Head coach: Naca


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