Marcel Toader

Marcel Toader

Date of birth	(1963-01-04)4 January 1963
Place of birth	Cumpăna, Constanța County, Romania
Date of death	3 August 2019(2019-08-03) (aged 56)
Place of death	Periș, Ilfov County, Romania
Occupation(s)	Businessman
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Current team retired Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1983–1987 Steaua București () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1982–1990 Romania 30 (12)

Marcel Toader (4 January 1963 – 3 August 2019) was a Romanian rugby union player and a businessman and media personality.[1] He played as a wing. He was usually considered one of the best Romanian rugby wings of all time.[2]

Club career

He played for Steaua București, from 1983/84 to 1986/87. He won the Romanian Rugby Championship three times in 1983/84, 1984/85 and 1986/87.

International career

Toader gathered 30 caps for Romania, from his debut in 1982 to his last game in 1990. He scored 3 tries during his international career, 12 points on aggregate. He was a member of his national side for the first Rugby World Cup in 1987, scoring two tries during the tournament, against Zimbabwe and Scotland.[3]

Personal life and death

Toader was married to TV presenter Gabriela Cristea and then to singer Maria Constantin. He had one son.

Toader had a history of heart problems and suffered a heart attack in 2012. He died of a heart attack on 3 August 2019 at the age of 56.[4]

References

1. "Biografie Marcel Toader". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
2. Marcel Toader, intre cele mai bune aripi care au evoluat pentru nationala de rugby
3. Marcel Toader International Statistics
4. The businessman Marcel Toader died

External links

• Marcel Toader at ESPNscrum