Mihai Lazăr
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Mihai Lazăr
| image = Mihaita Lazar 2011.jpg
| image_size = 120px
| caption = Lazăr with Romania in 2011.
| full_name = Mihăiță Lazăr
| birth_date={{birth date and age|1986|11|3|df=y}}{{cite web |url=http://www.castres-olympique.com/equipe/effectifs.php |title=Mihăiță Lazăr |website=castres-olympique.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821144738/http://www.castres-olympique.com/equipe/effectifs.php |archive-date=2014-08-21 }}
| birth_place = Iași, Romania
| death_date =
| death_place =
| weight = {{convert|120|kg|stlb lb|abbr=on}}
| ru_position = Prop
| ru_amateuryears = 2002–2009
| ru_amateurclubs = Poli Iași
| ru_amupdate =
| ru_provinceyears = 2007–2009
| ru_province = {{nobreak|Bucharest Wolves}}
| ru_provincecaps = 11
| ru_provincepoints = 0
| ru_provinceupdate =
| ru_clubyears = 2009–2010
2010–2012
2012–2018
2018–2019
2019–2021
2022-
| ru_proclubs = CASE
Pays d'Aix
Castres Olympique
Grenoble
Oyonnax
Timișoara
| ru_clubcaps = 23
44
130
15
9
2
| ru_clubpoints = (0)
(5)
(0)
(0)
(0)
| ru_nationalteam = Romania
| ru_nationalyears = 2008–2019
| ru_nationalcaps = 63
| ru_nationalpoints = (15)
| ru_ntupdate = 25 November 2017
| ru_clubupdate =
}}
Mihăiță "Mihai" Lazăr (born 3 November 1986) is a Romanian rugby union player who plays as a prop for Liga Națională de Rugby club SCM Rugby Timișoara. He also played for the Romania national team, The Oaks.{{cite web |url=http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player-3821.html |title=Mihai Lazăr |website=itsrugby.co.uk}}
Lazăr made his debut for Romania national team in 2008 against Czech Republic, in a 76–7 win.{{cite web |url=http://www.prosport.ro/alte-sporturi/rugby/stejarii-au-facut-instructie-cu-cehia-2476141 |title="Stejarii" au făcut instrucţie cu Cehia |publisher=Prosport |date=22 March 2008 |language=ro}} He played three matches at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, scoring a try against Scotland (24-34) and then collecting accolades in the pages of The New Zealand Herald newspaper.{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10757719 |title=Rugby World Cup: Ten mighty minnows |publisher=The New Zealand Herald |date=9 October 2011}}
On 1 June 2013, he clinched his first ever title, winning the Top 14 final with Castres Olympique. He won his second Top 14 title in 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actualites/Comment-castres-a-battu-toulon/375585 |title=Comment Castres a battu Toulon |publisher=L'Équipe |date=2 June 2013 |language=fr}} In 2019 he moved to the Pro D2 club Oyonnax, for which he played until the end of 2021.
Honours
=Club=
;Castres Olympique
- Top 14 winner 2013, 2018{{cite news
|url=https://rugby365.com/tournaments/top-14/kockott-takes-castres-to-the-top/
|title=KOCKOTT TAKES CASTRES TO THE TOP
|publisher=rugby365.com
|date=1 June 2013 |accessdate=13 March 2021}}
References
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External links
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- {{ESPNscrum|15844|Mihai Lazar}}
- {{Itsrugby profile|3821|Mihai Lazar}}
- {{Epcrugby profile|ML377230|Mihai Lazar}}
- {{EPCR profile|9688|Mihai Lazar}}
- [http://castres-olympique.com/effectifs/mihaita-lazar/ Mihaïta Lazar] at Castres Olympique
{{Romania 2011 Rugby World Cup squad}}
{{Romania 2015 Rugby World Cup squad}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Iași
Category:Rugby union players from Iași County
Category:Romanian rugby union players
Category:București Wolves players
Category:CS Politehnica Iași (rugby union) players
Category:Castres Olympique players
Category:Provence Rugby players
Category:FC Grenoble Rugby players
Category:Oyonnax Rugby players
Category:Romanian expatriate rugby union players in France
Category:21st-century Romanian sportsmen
Category:Romania international rugby union players
Category:2011 Rugby World Cup players
Category:2015 Rugby World Cup players
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