Ionuț Neagu (born 26 October 1989) is a Romanian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Oțelul Galați.

Club career

Oțelul Galați

Neagu with Oțelul in 2011 Born in

Galați Galați (, , ; also known by other alternative names) is the capital city of Galați County in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in eastern Romania. Galați is a port town on the Danube River. It has been the only port for the most par ...

, Neagu began his career with the youth system at Oțelul Galați. He made his professional debut as an 88th-minute substitute in a 1–1 away draw against

Brașov Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County. According to the latest Romanian census (2011), Brașov has a popu ...

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 Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ), is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, which competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1907 as ''Kolozsvári Vas ...

Steaua București

On 3 September 2013, Neagu agreed to join Steaua București after the club agreed a €620k transfer fee with Oțelul Galați.

Cherno More

On 27 June 2019, Neagu signed a contract with Bulgarian side

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International career

He has been capped at international level by

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International stats

Honours

;Oțelul Galați *

: 2010–11 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României ( en, Romanian Supercup) is a Romanian football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994, ...

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Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

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, 2021–22 ;Steaua București *

: 2013–14, 2014–15 *

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

: 2014–15 *

Cupa Ligii The Cupa Ligii ( en, League Cup) was Romania's secondary club football tournament. Like the Cupa României, it was played on a knockout (single elimination) basis. History It is unclear when the competition was first created, as there are no ...

: 2014–15 *

runner-up:

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* 1989 births Living people Romanian men's footballers Romania men's under-21 international footballers Romania men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders ASC Oțelul Galați players FCSB players Kardemir Karabükspor footballers Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players CS Gaz Metan Mediaș players FC UTA Arad players PFC Cherno More Varna players Liga I players Liga II players TFF First League players Cypriot First Division players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Footballers from Galați {{Romania-footy-midfielder-stub