ru_nationalteam ru_ntupdate ru_clubyears birth_place weight ru_nationalcaps height ru_proclubs article_title ru_clubupdate birth_date ru_nationalpoints ru_position name ru_nationalyears
romania 2007-09-19 1998-1999 2002-2003 2003-2008 2008-2009 2009-2011 2011 - suceava , romania 122 kg -lrb- 18 st 6 lb -rrb- 51 1.87 m ftin 0 on cs dax timisoara dinamo bucureşti fc grenoble biarritz ca brive us petru bălan
 2007-09-19 12 june 1976 -lrb- 40 -rrb- prop petru vladimir bălan 2003 -
petru bălan

petru vladimir bălan -lrb- born 12 july 1976 in suceava -rrb- is a romanian rugby union footballer , currently playing for rc timisoara in the top level of romanian rugby .
he is also a romanian international , and has played for his national team .
his usual position is as a prop .
before moving to play rugby in france he played for dinamo bucharest in romania , including playing for them in the 1998-99 european challenge cup .
he played for fc grenoble in the 2002-04 challenge cup and european shield competitions .
he moved to biarritz for the 2003-04 season .
he was a part of the team that were runners-up to munster in the 2005-06 heineken cup , and won the 2005-06 top 14 .
he was a part of the romanian team at the 2003 rugby world cup , playing two matches throughout the tournament held in australia .
on 14 march 2008 bălan signed for northampton saints in the guinness premiership .
he was expected to join the club for the 2008-09 season , but back problems lead to his contract being voided .
after finishing the season with biarritz , bălan was idle until he signed a two-year contract with fédérale 1 -lrb- third division -rrb- club saint-jean-de-luz .
