Gioele Celerino

Gioele Celerino

Personal information
Born	(1993-10-04) 4 October 1993 (age 32) Asti, Piedmont, Italy
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.87 m)
Weight	15 st 10 lb (100 kg)
Playing information
Position	Second-row, Loose forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2013 North West Roosters 3 1 0 0 4 2016 Newcastle Thunder 3 1 0 0 4 2019 West Wales Raiders 10 0 0 0 0 2019–21 Palau Broncos 24 2 0 0 8 2021– Saint-Gaudens Bears 16 0 0 0 0 Total 56 4 0 0 16 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2013– Italy 21 9 1 0 38
Source: [1] [2] As of 04 November 2022

Gioele Celerino (born 4 October 1993) is an Italian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Saint-Gaudens Bears in the Elite One Championship and Italy at international level.

Primarily playing as a second-row, he was a member of Italy's 2013 and 2017 World Cup squads.

Playing career

At the time of the 2013 World Cup, Celerino was playing for the North West Roosters. He was the only Italian-born player selected in the World Cup squad, and one of only two players selected from the Italian domestic competition (alongside Fabrizio Ciaurro). ^[3] Celerino did not feature in a World Cup match, but did play in Italy's non-Test friendly against England prior to the start of the tournament. ^{[4] [5]}

On 25 January 2016, it was announced that Celerino had signed with the semi-professional Newcastle Thunder in England's third-tier League 1 competition. ^[6]

In July 2017, Celerino moved to Australia to play with the Tully Tigers in the amateur Cairns District Rugby League. ^[7] In October 2017, Celerino was named in Italy's squad for the 2017 World Cup. ^[8] In 2018, Celerino joined his Italian teammate Terry Campese at the Queanbeyan Blues. ^{[9] [10]}

International statistics

#	Date	Opponents	Competition	Try	Pts
1	29 Jun 2013	Russia	2012–13 European Shield	1	4
2	27 Jul 2013	Germany		1	4
3	14 Sep 2013	Serbia		1	4
4	5 Jul 2014	Ukraine	2014–15 European Championship B	0	0
5	20 Sep 2014	Serbia		1	4
6	20 Jun 2015	Serbia		0	0
7	18 Jul 2015	Ukraine		1	4
8	12 Sep 2015	Russia		0	0
9	12 Jun 2016	Lebanon	2016 Mediterranean Cup	0	0
10	3 Sep 2016	Ireland		0	0
11	22 Oct 2016	Serbia	2017 World Cup qualifying	0	0
12	29 Oct 2016	Wales		0	0
13	4 Nov 2016	Russia		1	4
14	3 Jun 2017	Lebanon	2017 Mediterranean Cup	0	0
15	10 Jun 2017	Spain		3	14
16 Archived 16 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine	8 Oct 2017	Malta		0	0

References

1. "Gioele Celerino". Love Rugby League.
2. Rugby League Project
3. "Italy name squad for RLWC2013". RLWC2013.com. 24 September 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
4. "Rugby League World Cup: England stunned by Italy". BBC. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
5. Howes, Ash (20 October 2013). "England 14 Italy 15: we now face the biggest week of our lives, says England captain Kevin Sinfield". The Telegraph.
6. "Celerino joins Thunder". thunderrugby.com. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
7. Portoghese, Matteo (15 July 2017). "Rugby League – A Tully (Queensland, Australia) Celerino, Boscolo e Pezzano, talenti Made in Italy" (in Italian). Mondo Sportivo. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
8. "Rugby League World Cup – Gli azzurri" (in Italian). Federazione Italia Rugby League. 10 October 2017. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
9. "Gains and Losses: Queanbeyan Blues". CRRL.com.au. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
10. Willacy, Gavin (14 February 2018). "Wigan and Hull's trip to Australia shows Super League suits the road". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 March 2018.

External links

• (archived by web.archive.org) Statistics at rlwc2017.com
• Italy profile