Sorin Socol

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Sorin Socol
Personal information
Date of birth	November 30 1977 ( 1977-11-30) (age 30)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	110 kg (240 lb)
College	Business school of the Brive Chamber of Commerce
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Lock
Clubs		Caps	(points)
1998-2003 2003-2007 2007-	Brive Agen Pau	49

National team(s)
2001-	Romania	40	(35)

Sorin Socol (born 30 November 1977) in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian rugby union footballer. He has won 40 caps for Romania and is the current captain. He plays at lock. After being voted player of the tournament in the 1996 Under 21 Rugby World Championships where he captained Romania,^[1] Socol has played club rugby in France. He moved to France just prior to the tournament and studied business while playing for Brive.^[2] He played for Brive's top squad for five years between 1998 and 2003. He made his international debut for Romania against Spain on 18 February 2001. At the beginning of the 2003/2004 season he moved to Agen where he played in the Top 14 and Heineken Cup. He captained Romania for the first time on 30 October 2003 during the 2003 World Cup match against Namibia. After leaving Agen in 2007 he will play for Pau in France's Pro D2 for the 2007/2008 season. He also captained Romania in their first match of the 2007 World Cup against Italy.

v • d • e Romania squad - 2007 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	P. Bălan • B. Bălan • Florea • Popescu • Toderaşc • Tincu • Mavrodin • Socol (c.) • Petre • Ursache • Petrichei • Toniţa • Corodeanu • Manta • Tudori • Raţiu

Backs	Calafateanu • Sîrbu • Dimofte • Dumbravă • Gontineac • Gál • Vlad • Tofan • Fercu • Teodorescu • Brezoianu • Nicolae • Dumitraş • Vlaicu • Ion

Coach	Santamans

[edit] References

^ Smith, Terry. "Foreign forward flavour", Sunday Telegraph, p. 45.
^ ROMANIA SQUAD…PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES..INTERNATIONAL RECORDS…. rugby.ro. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.

[edit] External links

SORIN SOCOL (French). equipetv.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
Sorin Socol. scrum.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
Sorin Socol. ercrugby.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
Sorin Socol. rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
Socol Sorin (French). itsrugby.fr. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
"Socol full of World Cup pride", planet-rugby.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.

Persondata
NAME	Sorin Socol
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Romanian Rugby union footballer.
DATE OF BIRTH	30 November 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bucharest, Romania
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH