Career
She was voted World Handball Player of the Year 2010 and also in 2015 by the International Handball Federation. Neagu reached the final stage of the Champions League three times (in 2009, 2014 and 2015). During the 2010-2011 season, her right shoulder cartilage was damaged.
On 10 October 2012, Neagu returned to play in the Romanian Women"s Handball League at 605 days (approximately 1 year and 7 months) after injury and after she received long-term treatment in the United States.
She seriously injured again during training in January 2013. Neagu was out for six months after undergoing surgery on left knee ruptured cruciate ligaments, but she is now back on court.
After nearly 2-and-a-half years of injuries, Neagu again reached the final stage of the Champions League, this time in 2014 with Budućnost. On 21 December 2014, she was awarded best left back of the 2014 European Championship.
She was also among the tournament top goalscorers, ranking second.
After an outstanding 2014 year, she again got nomination for IHF World Player of the Year, but this time lost the award in front of Eduarda Amorim being named second best player in the world with 25.8 % of the votes. She was named Most Valuable Player player at the Handball World Championship in Denmark (2015), where she scored 63 goals - being the top goalscorer in the competition. All-Star Left-Back of the 2010 Top Goalscorer (53) of the 2010 Most Assists (36) at the 2010 All-Star Left Back of the 2014 All-Star Team Best Left Back of the 2015.