What type of details about ovidiu tonita can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: '' '' tonita '' redirects here . for the painter , see nicolae tonitza '' ovidiu tonita -lrb- born august 6 , 1980 -rrb- is a romanian rugby union footballer . a former lock and presently a flanker and number 8 , he plays for the french side provence and for the romanian national team . he played the majority of his career for usa perpignan . he is noted for his size , which is considered unusual for his position on the field . his supporters are known to have compared him to the australian footballer john eales , and he is often seen as romania 's key player . born in barlad , tonita worked as a soft drinks distributor for the coca-cola company from age 15 , and played rugby as an amateur in his native country . he moved to france , where he played in the top 14 , originally for fc grenoble -lrb- 2001 -- 2002 -rrb- , and later for biarritz olympique -lrb- 2002 -- 2004 -rrb- . in 1999 , at the age of 19 , he made his international debut as a reserve for the romanian national team , being one of the youngest players at the 1999 rugby world cup . his test debut was against morocco national team in 2000 . he won his first 14 caps as a lock , and established himself as a flanker after moving to perpignan . he was included in romania 's squad at the 2003 rugby world cup . he was injured for three months in early 2005 and took part in the 2007 rugby world cup , where he was romania 's vice-captain . during the latter event , as romania prepared to face the scotland , tonita was deemed '' perhaps -lrb- romania 's -rrb- one world-class player '' in a '' scotsman '' article . an analysis of the romanian squad , published by '' the west australian '' , noted that tonita '' is a class act in the scrum '' , while arguing that , given romania 's poor results : '' the sad thing for him is that he is playing with the wrong generation of players . '' he also competed at the 2011 rugby world cup .
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