Ion Neculai (born 25 January 2001) is a Moldovan-born Italian professional rugby union player who primarily plays prop for Zebre Parma of the United Rugby Championship.[1][2]
| Date of birth | 25 January 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Chișinău, Moldova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 132 kg (291 lb; 20 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Professional career
editNeculai has previously played for clubs such as I Cavalieri in the past. He signed for Zebre in July 2021 ahead of the 2021–22 United Rugby Championship.[3] He made his debut in Round 1 of the 2021–22 season against the Lions.[4]
In 2020 and 2021 Neculai was named in Italy U20s squad for annual Six Nations Under 20s Championship.[5] On 14 October 2021, he was selected by Alessandro Troncon to be part of an Italy A 28-man squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[6] On 30 May 2022, Neculai was selected by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy 33-man squad for the 2022 mid-year rugby union tests. He made his debut against Portugal.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Ion Neculai". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Ion Neculai". Zebre Parma.
- ^ "I due giovani avanti sono pronti ad esordie nell'EPCR Challenge Cup e nel nuovo torneo internazionale United Rugby Championship". Zebre Rugby (in Italian). 21 July 2021. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "Lions make thrilling, winning start to URC". SA Rugby Magazine. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Italia U20, Gli Azzurrini Convocati per Il Sei Nazioni 2021".
- ^ "Italia A, gli azzurri convocati per il match contro la Spagna". FIR (in Italian). 14 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ ITALRUGBY, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL TOUR ESTIVO 2022
- ^ "Italrugby, il XV per l'esordio nel tour contro il Portogallo". Italy Rugby (in Italian). 25 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
External links
edit- Ion Neculai at European Professional Club Rugby
- Ion Neculai at ESPNscrum
- Ion Neculai at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Ion Neculai at ESPNscrum
- Ion Neculai at ItsRugby.co.uk
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