Ioan Neag (born 18 February 1994) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a centre back for Unirea Alba Iulia.[1]

Ioan Neag
Personal information
Full name Ioan Neag
Date of birth (1994-02-18) 18 February 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Pianu, Romania
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Centre Back
Team information
Current team
Unirea Alba Iulia
Number 6
Youth career
CSȘ Sebeș
2008–2010 Ardealul Cluj
2010–2012 Universitatea Cluj
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Universitatea Cluj 1 (0)
2012–2013 Petrolul Ploiești 5 (1)
2013–2015 Universitatea Cluj 32 (0)
2016 Gaz Metan Mediaș 4 (0)
2016 Râmnicu Vâlcea 16 (0)
2017 Juventus București 4 (0)
2018 Șirineasa
2018–2019 CSU Alba Iulia
2019– Unirea Alba Iulia
International career
2011–2012 Romania U-17 3 (0)
2014–2015 Romania U-21 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 October 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2015

Club career

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Neag started playing football at CSȘ Sebeș. In 2008, he was spotted by Ardealul Cluj's trainer, Mihai Georgescu, at a competition that was organised by the Romanian Football Federation for 14-year-old players. Georgescu brought Neag to Ardealul and in 2010, together with other teammates, he joined Universitatea Cluj.[2] He made his debut in Liga I on 15 May 2012, in a match against Voința Sibiu.

In 2012, Universitatea Cluj's owner, Florian Walter transferred most of the team's players at Petrolul Ploiești, including Ionuț Neag. The player spent one season at Petrolul Ploiești and returned to Universitatea Cluj in 2013.[3]

International career

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Neag made his debut for Romania U-17 on 24 March 2011 in a game against Iceland U-17.[4] He was part of the squad that played for the Romania under-17 national team that took part in the 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, but didn't play a game.

Honours

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Petrolul Ploieşti

References

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  1. ^ CSU Alba Iulia – lot spectaculos pentru Liga a V-a! Internaționalii F. Himcinschi și I. Neag, sub comanda lui Vasile Ursu!. ziarulunirea.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ "Ionuţ Neag, juniorul antivedetă: "Să fiu model pentru copii"" (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Universitatea Cluj i-a achiziţionat pe Mendy, Neag şi Lungu" (in Romanian). romanialibera.ro. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  4. ^ http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=250022768/profile/index.html Neag's UEFA Competition Debut
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