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Valentin Popârlan

バレンティン・ポパルラン　/　ばれんてぃん・ぽぱるらん

Rugby union player from Romania

June 12, 1987 (age 38)　・　Viziru, Brăila County, Romania

Brăila County
rugby union player

My Take

Valentin Popârlan plays lock, occasionally flanker, which means he lives in the grinding, unglamorous trenches of rugby. From Viziru in Brăila County, he has turned out for Timișoara and Bucharest's Wolves, and earned his first Romania cap off the bench against Namibia in 2007. I genuinely admire forwards in his mould: they win the ball nobody sees them win, and the match cannot function without them. Reaching the national Oaks from a country that is not a rugby superpower takes real grit. He is the sort of player who puts his body on the line week after week, and that kind of durability is its own quiet excellence.

Overview

Valentin Popârlan (born 12 June 1987) is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays in the lock and occasionally flanker position for professional SuperLiga club Timișoara and București based European Challenge Cup side the Wolves. Popârlan also plays for Romania's national team the Oaks. Popârlan made his international debut in 2007 as a substitute against Namibia.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Valentin Popârlan
Name (Japanese): バレンティン・ポパルラン
Reading: ばれんてぃん・ぽぱるらん
Born: June 12, 1987 (age 38)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Rabbit
Origin: Viziru, Brăila County, Romania
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: rugby union player

2. Background

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Junior high: Private
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4. Personality

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%91%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3

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