Florentina Spânu
Florentina Olar-Spânu (born 6 August 1985), née Spânu, is a Romanian footballer who plays as a forward for Danish Elitedivisionen club FC Nordsjælland and the Romania women's national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Florentina Olar-Spânu | ||
| Birth name | Florentina Spânu | ||
| Date of birth | 6 August 1985[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Constanța, Romania | ||
| Position(s) | Forward[1] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Nordsjælland | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2009 | Clujana | ||
| 2008–2009 | → Lazio | 13 | (4) |
| 2009–2013 | Apollon Limassol | ||
| 2013–2019 | Fortuna Hjørring | 20 | (5) |
| 2019– | Nordsjælland | 20 | (5) |
| National team | |||
| 2001– | Romania | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career
Spânu has been a member of the Romanian national team from the beginning of her career, having made her debut in September 2001, in a tie 2003 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Croatia.[2] She played for Clujana, which dominated the Romanian First League throughout the decade, until 2009 when she moved abroad. Following a short stint in the Italian Serie A with Lazio, she signed for Apollon Limassol.[3][4] In 2013 she accompanied compatriot Laura Rus in signing for Fortuna Hjørring in Denmark's Elitedivisionen, with which she has reached the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals.[5]
| Competition | Stage | Date | Location | Opponent | Goals | Result | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 UEFA Euro | Qualifiers | 2003–08–10 | Bucharest |  Malta | 1 | 3–0 | 6 |
| 2003–10–12 | Câmpina |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 2–0 | |||
| 2003–10–18 | Belišće |  Croatia | 1 | 3–2 | |||
| 2004–05–01 | Bucharest |  Republic of Ireland | 1 | 1–1 | |||
| 2004–05–08 | Hamrun | Malta | 1 | 8–0 | |||
| 2004–10–02 | Otopeni | Croatia | 1 | 10–0 | |||
| 2009 UEFA Euro | Qualifiers | 2006–11–18 | Mogoşoaia |  Azerbaijan | 1 | 4–1 | 5 |
| 2006–11–23 | Mogoșoaia |  Estonia | 1 | 5–0 | |||
| 2007–05–05 | Debrecen |  Hungary | 1 | 3–3 | |||
| 2008–05–24 | Buftea |  Italy | 1 | 1–6 | |||
| 2008–05–28 | Oradea | Hungary | 1 | 3–1 | |||
| 2011 FIFA World Cup | Qualifiers | 2009–09–23 | Buftea | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 4–0 | 2 |
| 2010–08–25 | Mogoșoaia | Hungary | 1 | 2–3 | |||
| 2015 FIFA World Cup | Qualifiers | 2014–08–21 | Mogoșoaia |  North Macedonia | 1 | 6–1 | 1 |
| 2014–09–17 | Iaşi | Estonia | 0–3 1 | ||||
| 2017 UEFA Euro | Qualifiers | 2015–11–27 | Katerini |  Greece | 1 | 3–1 | 1 |
1 Romania won 2–0 with both goals scored by Spânu, but the result was overruled by UEFA for fielding an ineligible player.[6]
Honours
Club
- Romanian First League (7): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
- Romanian Cup (4): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08
- Cypriot First Division (4): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
- Cypriot Cup (4): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
- Elitedivisionen (2): 2013–14, 2015–16
- Danish Cup (1): 2015–16
Individual
Personal life
Spânu is married and has a son with her husband.[8]
References
- "Florentina Olar". FC Nordsjælland (in Danish). Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- Statistics in FIFA's website
- Profile in UEFA's website
- Statistics in Football.it
- Leonidou, John (21 August 2013). "Rus aims to take Fortuna to final". UEFA.com. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- UEFA
- "Ea e cea mai buna jucatoare de fotbal din Romania. A dat un gol de poveste si ar putea concura la trofeul Ferenc Puskas: VIDEO". sport.ro. 5 December 2015.
- Brumar, Dan L. (6 October 2019). "Viața în ghete cu crampoane. Mămicile de la naționala de fotbal feminin a României își iau copiii la antrenamente". Perfecte (in Romanian). Retrieved 18 April 2020.