Kamil Sobota

Romanian rugby player

Rugby player

Kamil Sobota

Full name| Kamil Mihail Sobota

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Date of birth|  (1992-03-31) 31 March 1992 (age 33)
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)
Rugby union career
| Position(s)|  Lock

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Youth career
Universitatea Cluj
Dinamo București
Senior career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
2010–13|  Dinamo București|  2|  (0)
2013–14|  Universitatea Cluj|  8|  (0)
2014–19|  CSM București|  44|  (20)
2019–20|  Tomitanii Constanța|  4|  (10)
2020–22|  Steaua București|  0|  (0)
2023–|  Dinamo București|  0|  (0)

Correct as of 29 February 2020

International career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Points)
2020-|  Romania|  9|  (5)

Correct as of 20 May 2023

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]

## Club career

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Kamil 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

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Sobota 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

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1. ^ www.ziuaconstanta.ro (10 January 2020). "Doi rugbysti de la Tomitanii Constanta, in lotul Romaniei pentru debutul in Rugby Europe Championship 2020".
2. ^ www.sportulsatmarean.ro (8 January 2020). "Rugby - Stejarii vor efectua un stagiu de pregătire în Antalya".
3. ^ www.eclujeanul.ro (21 June 2013). "Echipa de rugby a Universităţii Cluj mai bifează un transfer".
4. ^ en.espn.co.uk (8 February 2020). "Romania Rugby Union debuts".
5. ^ ESPN (8 February 2020). "SIX NATIONS B - Caldas da Rainha, 8 February 2020, 15:00 local, 15:00 GMT".

## External links

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* Kamil Sobota at ESPNscrum (archive)
* Kamil Sobota at ItsRugby.co.uk
* Kamil Sobota at Romanian Rugby SuperLiga (in Romanian)