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{{Infobox rugby biography
| image = 
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|6|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Bucharest]], Romania
| height = 1.90 m
| weight = 100 kg
| ru_currentposition = 
| ru_currentteam =
| ru_position = [[Flanker (rugby union)|Flanker]], [[Number eight (rugby union)|Number eight]]
| youthclubs1 = {{flagicon|ROU}} Locomotiva București
| youthyears1 = 
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| ru_amateurclubs =
| ru_clubyears = 1995–1998<br />1998<br />1998–2002<br />2002–2003<br />2003–2006<br />2006–2007<br />2007–2009<br />2009<br />2009–2013<br />2013–2015<br />2015–2016
| ru_proclubs ={{flagicon|ROU}} [[Timișoara Saracens|RC Timișoara]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[USC Terrasson|Terrasson]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stade Aurillacois|Aurillac]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bègles-Bordeaux|CA Bègles]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Section Paloise|Pau]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Castres Olympique|Castres]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[CA Brive]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Avenir Valencien]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Lyon OU]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[ROC La Voulte-Valence|La Voulte-Valence]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[CS Vienne]]
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| ru_clubpoints = (?)<br />(?)<br />(?)<br />(20)<br />(30)<br />(5)<br />(35)<br />(0)<br />(20)<br />(0)<br />(5)
| ru_nationalyears = 1996–2012
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| ru_nationalcaps = 40
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'''Alexandru Manta''' (born 7 June 1977 in [[Bucharest]]) is a [[Romania]]n former [[rugby union]] footballer.

==Career==
Manta spent the majority of his career in France, playing for USC Terrasson (1998), [[Stade Aurillacois]] (1998/02), [[Bègles-Bordeaux]] (2002/03), [[Section Paloise]] (2003/06), [[Castres Olympique]] (2006/07), [[CA Brive]] (2007/09), [[Lyon OU]] (2009/13), [[ROC La Voulte-Valence|La Voulte-Valence]] (2013/15) and CS Vienne (2015/16).

Manta made his debut for [[Romania national rugby union team|Romania]] in 1996 against [[Belgium national rugby union team|Belgium]], in an 83–5 win. He played three matches at the [[2007 Rugby World Cup]], scoring a try against [[Italy national rugby union team|Italy]] (18–24).

==Honours==
;Club
;Lyon
:'''[[Rugby Pro D2|Pro D2]]'''
:Champion: [[2010–11 Rugby Pro D2 season|2010–11]]

;Pau
:'''[[European Rugby Challenge Cup|European Challenge Cup]]'''
:Runner-up: [[2004–05 European Challenge Cup|2004–05]]

;International
;Romania
:'''[[Rugby Europe International Championships|European Nations Cup]]'''
:Winner: 2006

==External links==
* {{ESPNscrum|12199|Alex Manta}}
* {{EPCR profile|AM278889|Alex Manta}}
* {{ItsRugby profile|141|Alex Manta}}

{{Romania Squad 2007 World Cup}}

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[[Category:1977 births]]
[[Category:Rugby union players from Bucharest]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Romanian rugby union players]]
[[Category:Rugby union number eights]]
[[Category:Rugby union flankers]]
[[Category:SCM Rugby Timișoara players]]
[[Category:CA Brive players]]
[[Category:Section Paloise players]]
[[Category:Lyon OU Rugby players]]
[[Category:Castres Olympique players]]
[[Category:Romanian expatriate rugby union players in France]]
[[Category:21st-century Romanian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Romania international rugby union players]]
[[Category:Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne players]]
[[Category:CA Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde players]]
[[Category:2007 Rugby World Cup players]]
[[Category:ROC La Voulte-Valence players]]
[[Category:CS Vienne players]]


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