Ionuț Neagu
Ionuț Neagu (born 26 October 1989) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a box-to-box midfielder.[1]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 October 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Galați, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Free agent | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Oțelul Galați | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | Oțelul II Galați | 25 | (5) |
| 2008–2013 | Oțelul Galați | 110 | (3) |
| 2013–2016 | Steaua București | 16 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Karabükspor (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Karabükspor | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Nea Salamina (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 16 | (0) |
| 2019 | UTA Arad | 15 | (1) |
| 2019 | Cherno More | 5 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009–2010 | Romania U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Romania | 4 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 December 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 August 2013 | |||
Neagu has formerly played for Oțelul Galați, Steaua București, Karabükspor, Nea Salamina, Gaz Metan Mediaș, UTA Arad and Cherno More Varna. He has been capped at international level by Romania.
Club career
Oțelul Galați
Born in Galați, Neagu began his career with the youth system at Oțelul Galați. He made his professional debut as a 88th-minute substitute in a 1–1 away draw against Brașov on 22 May 2009 and finished 2008–09 season with two appearances. Neagu began to establish himself in the Oțelul first team from the 2009–10 season, making 24 league starts. On 7 March 2010, he scored his first goal in a 1–0 victory over CFR Cluj.
Steaua București
On 3 September 2013, Neagu agreed to join Steaua București after the club agreed a €620k transfer fee with Oțelul Galați.[2]
Cherno More
On 27 June 2019, Neagu signed a contract with Bulgarian side Cherno More Varna.[3]
Honours
- Oțelul Galați
- Steaua București
Statistics
Statistics accurate as of match played 25 June 2016
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Oțelul II Galați | 2008–09 | 25 | 5 | ? | ? | - | - | - | 25 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 25 | 5 | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 5 | ||
| Oțelul Galați | 2008–09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2009–10 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 25 | 1 | |||||
| 2010–11 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 27 | 0 | |||||
| 2011–12 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | - | 33 | 1 | |||||
| 2013–14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 110 | 3 | 9 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 124 | 3 | ||
| Steaua București | 2013–14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Karabükspor (loan) | 2015–16 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | - | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 0 | ||
| Career Total | 154 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 187 | 8 | ||
References
- Ionuț Neagu e jucătorul UTA-ei. uta-arad.ro (in Romanian)
- "Neagu a costat 620.000 €. "E un preț corect. Era timpul să facă un pas înainte"". Digi Sport. 3 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013.
- "Черно море привлече румънеца Йонуц Неагу" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 27 June 2019.