# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ovidiu-tonita
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:23:46.597Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ovidiu-tonita"
name: "Ovidiu Tonița"
slug: "ovidiu-tonita"
description: "Ovidiu Tonița is a Romanian former rugby union player who played 73 times for the Romania national team between 2000 and 2016. A former lock and presently a flanker and number 8. 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."
tagline: "Romanian rugby union player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ovidiu_Tonita_2015_RWC.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1980-08-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.672210666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D1%83_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0"
    title: "Овидију Тонита"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovidiu_Tonita"
    title: "Ovidiu Tonita"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovidiu_Toni%C8%9Ba"
    title: "Ovidiu Tonița"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovidiu_Toni%C8%9Ba"
    title: "Ovidiu Tonița"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovidiu_Toni%C8%9Ba"
    title: "Ovidiu Tonița"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovidiu_Toni%C8%9Ba"
    title: "Ovidiu Tonița"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%87%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%83%84%E3%82%A1"
    title: "オヴィデュ・トニツァ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovidiu_Toni%C8%9Ba"
    title: "Ovidiu Tonița"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9E%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%83"
    title: "Тоница, Овидиу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3358954"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump