Vlad Neculau (born 7 January 1998) is a

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player. He plays as a flanker for professional SuperLiga club

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Club career

Vlad Neculau started playing rugby as a youth for a school based local Romanian club, CSS Unirea Iași, in

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. After two years he joined the youth ranks of Timișoara Saracens, followed by his professional debut in 2017 for the same club.

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.

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