Gioele Celerino
Italy international rugby league footballer
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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.
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| Born | 4 October 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.87 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 15 st 10 lb (100 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Second-row, Loose forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
| # | Date | Opponents | Competition | Try | Pts |
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| 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 |