Vadim Viktorovich Kobylash ( rum. Vadim Cobîlaș ; born July 30, 1983, Soroki , Moldova ) is a Moldavian rugby player playing in the position of prop (pillar), since the summer of 2016 he has been playing for the French club Bordeaux-Begl [2] . The first Moldavian rugby player in the English Rugby Championship [3] .
 Vadim Kobylash | ||
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| general information | ||
| Full name | Vadim Viktorovich Kobylash | |
| Nickname | Bulldozer [1] | |
| Date of Birth | July 30, 1983 (36 years old) | |
| Place of Birth | Magpies (city) , Moldavian SSR , USSR | |
| Citizenship |  Moldova | |
| Height | 183 cm | |
| The weight | 120 kg | |
| Position | pillar | |
| Club Information | ||
| Club |  Bordeaux Beagle | |
| Career | ||
| Club career * | ||
| ???? - 2003 | Blomarin | ? (?) |
| 2003-2005 |  Dynamo Bucharest | ? (?) |
| 2005-2011 |  VVA-Moscow region | ? (?) |
| 2011—2016 |  Sale Sharks | 98 (10) |
| 2016 - n. at. | Bordeaux Beagle | 19 (0) |
| National team** | ||
| 2005— | Moldova | 45 |
* The number of games and points for a professional club is considered for the national league, Heineken Cup and Super Rugby. ** The number of games and points for the national team in official matches. | ||
Content
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Club career
- 1.2 In the national team
- 1.3 Family
- 2 notes
Biography
Club career
He began his playing career in the Chisinau club "Blumarine" ("USEFS-Blumarine" - a team of the State University of Physical Education and Sports), with which he became a champion [4] . Then he moved to the Romanian Dynamo Bucharest , which also won the Romanian Super League in 2004. In 2005, he moved to the Russian club VVA-Moscow Region , in which he won the Russian Rugby Championship five times [4] .
In 2011, he switched to English “ Sale Sharks ” and became the first Moldavian rugby player in the English Rugby Championship . He got into the team on the recommendation of Steve Diamond, who had previously worked in Russia (he was an assistant to the head coach Nikolai Nerush in the national team , and then received the position of sports director at Sale Sharks ) and remembered Vadim for his performances in the championship [4] . In the season 2013/2014 he was recognized as the best player of the team [5] . He also got into the team of the year of the European Challenge Cup 2013 [6] .
For five consecutive years he was recognized as the best rugby player of Moldova (2007-2011) [7] , the last time he was awarded this title in 2014, thus being a six-time holder of this title [8] . Since 2016, he has been playing for Bordeaux-Begl , where he transferred to the place of the Argentinean Francisco Codela , who went to Lyon . The contract is concluded for three years [9] .
Team
Since 2005, has been playing for the national team .
Family
There is a younger brother Maxim Kobylash , also a rugby player. The players together played for VVA-Moscow Region [10] , Sale Sharks [11] and the national team.
Notes
- ↑ Moldova rugby player plays for a team from the suburbs of Manchester (Russian)
- ↑ Vadim Cobilas: Sale Sharks prop to join Bordeaux-Begles
- ↑ Moldova rugby player plays for a team from the suburbs of Manchester (Russian)
- ↑ 1 2 3 Fulfillment of a dream (Russian)
- ↑ Vadim Kobylash recognized as the best Sharks rugby player of the season and extended the contract with the club for 2 years (+ INTERVIEW) (Russian)
- ↑ Vadim Kobylash in the Amlin Challenge Cup season team (Russian)
- ↑ The best rugby players of 2012 (rus.)
- ↑ Vyacheslav Titika - player of the year in Moldova (Russian)
- ↑ Vadim Kobylash will continue his career in Bordeaux (Russian)
- ↑ Famous rugby brothers (Russian)
- ↑ Officially. Maxim Kobylash - Sale Sharks player (Russian)