Cristian Stoian
| Full name | Niculae Cristian Stoian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 December 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Chisinau, Moldova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 kg (18 st 2 lb; 254 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Niculae Cristian Stoian (Chisinau, December 19, 1999) is an Moldovan-born Italian rugby union player. His usual position is as a Lock and he currently plays for Zebre in United Rugby Championship and for Fiamme Oro, on loan as Permit Player[1] [2]
Biography
Born in Moldavia, Stoian moved to Italy at a young age. He began playing rugby aged 15, signing up with the Rugby Anzio Club. He played an Under-16 and an Under-18 season in Anzio, before being loaned to the Roma Legio XV Rugby youth franchise for the 2016-17 season.
From 2017 to 2019, while playing for the Rugby Anzio Club, Stoian was selected in the F.I.R. Academy, playing two seasons in Serie A. In 2019 he was called up in the Italy Under 20 squad that took part in the Six Nations and World Cup category, making 10 appearances.
In the summer of 2019 Stoian was signed by Top10 team Fiamme Oro and for the end of 2019–20 Pro14 season and for 2020–21 Pro14 season he was named as Permit Player for Zebre.[3] In November 2020 he was called up to the sItaly squad by coach Franco Smith, making his international debut on November 28, 2020 in the Autumn Nations Cup match with France, taking over from the bench.[4]
On the 8 December 2021, Stoian was selected by Alessandro Troncon to be part of an Emerging Italy 27-man squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[5]
References
- ^ "I DUE ATLETI DELLE FIAMME ORO RUGBY ALESSANDRO FUSCO E CRISTIAN STOIAN AGGIUNGONO QUALITÀ ALLA ROSA DELLE ZEBRE RUGBY". Zebre Rugby (in Italian). 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Player Profile". Fiamme Oro Rugby (in Italian).
- ^ "LE ZEBRE RUGBY DANNO IL BENTORNATO A CINQUE PERMIT PLAYERS PROVENIENTI DAL MASSIMO CAMPIONATO ITALIANO" (in Italian). Zebre. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "ITALIA, I CONVOCATI PER I CATTOLICA TEST MATCH E LA AUTUMN NATIONS CUP 2020". Fir Rugby. 2020-11-03.
- ^ "ITALIA EMERGENTI, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL MATCH CONTRO LA ROMANIA". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.