Kamil Mihail Sobota (born 31 March 1992) is a Romanian rugby union football player. He plays as a number 8 for professional Liga Națională de Rugby club Dinamo București.[2]
Full name | Kamil Mihail Sobota | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 31 March 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cluj-Napoca, Romania[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 240 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
editKamil Sobota started playing rugby in his hometown of Cluj-Napoca at Universitatea but finished his junior years in Bucharest at Dinamo. His first professional club was Dinamo, joining the senior squad after ending his junior years. For a brief period of time he returned to Universitatea Cluj, moving after one season once again in Bucharest, this time joining CSM. After 4 seasons with CSM București he transferred to Tomitanii Constanța in 2019 following the dissolution of his former club.[3]
International career
editSobota is also selected for Romania's national team, the Oaks, making his international debut during the Week 2 of 2020 Rugby Europe Championship in a test match against the Os Lobos.[4][5] Sobota scored its first try for Romania on 11 November 2022, in a home test match against Chile, on the Arcul de Triumf National Stadium.
References
edit- ^ www.ziuaconstanta.ro (10 January 2020). "Doi rugbysti de la Tomitanii Constanta, in lotul Romaniei pentru debutul in Rugby Europe Championship 2020".
- ^ www.sportulsatmarean.ro (8 January 2020). "Rugby - Stejarii vor efectua un stagiu de pregătire în Antalya".
- ^ www.eclujeanul.ro (21 June 2013). "Echipa de rugby a Universităţii Cluj mai bifează un transfer".
- ^ en.espn.co.uk (8 February 2020). "Romania Rugby Union debuts".
- ^ ESPN (8 February 2020). "SIX NATIONS B - Caldas da Rainha, 8 February 2020, 15:00 local, 15:00 GMT".
External links
edit- Kamil Sobota at ESPNscrum
- Kamil Sobota at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Kamil Sobota at Romanian Rugby SuperLiga (in Romanian)