Vlad Neculau

Vlad Neculau (born 7 January 1998) is a Romanian rugby union player. He plays as a flanker for professional SuperLiga club Timișoara Saracens.

Vlad Neculau

Vlad Neculau playing for Timișoara Saracens during the 2019 Cupa României Final
Full name	Vlad Neculau
Date of birth	(1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth	Bivolari, Romania
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Weight	108 kg (17 st 0 lb; 238 lb)
School	Liceul Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Iași
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, back row Current team Timișoara Saracens Youth career 2013–15 CSS Unirea Iași 2015–17 Timișoara Saracens Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2017–Present Timișoara Saracens 27 (15) Correct as of 13 January 2019 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2019–Present Romania 2 (0) Correct as of 13 January 2019

Club career

Vlad Neculau started playing rugby as a youth for a school based local Romanian club, CSS Unirea Iași, in Iași. After two years he joined the youth ranks of Timișoara Saracens, followed by his professional debut in 2017 for the same club.^[1]

International career

Neculau is also selected for Romania's national team, the Oaks, making his international debut during the Week 5 of 2019 Rugby Europe Championship in a match against the Zwarte Duivels / Diables Noirs on 17 March 2019.^[2][3]

References

1. www.super-liga.ro (2 October 2018). "Vlad Neculau de la Timișoara Saracens este Jucatorul etapei a IV-a a SuperLigii CEC Bank".
2. en.espn.co.uk (17 March 2019). "Romania Rugby Union debuts".
3. ESPN (17 March 2019). "SIX NATIONS B – Brussels, 17 March 2019, 13:00 local, 12:00 GMT".

External links

 

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• Vlad Neculau at ESPNscrum
• Vlad Neculau at ItsRugby.co.uk
• Vlad Neculau at European Professional Club Rugby
• Vlad Neculau at Romanian Rugby SuperLiga (in Romanian)
• Vlad Neculau at Timișoara Saracens website