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.

Florentina Olar-Spânu
Personal information
Full name Florentina Olar-Spânu
Birth name Florentina Spânu
Date of birth (1985-08-06) 6 August 1985[1]
Place of birth Constanța, Romania
Playing 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]

Goals for the Romanian WNT in official competitions
CompetitionStageDateLocationOpponentGoalsResultOverall
2005 UEFA EuroQualifiers2003–08–10Bucharest Malta13–06
2003–10–12Câmpina Bosnia and Herzegovina12–0
2003–10–18Belišće Croatia13–2
2004–05–01Bucharest Republic of Ireland11–1
2004–05–08Hamrun Malta18–0
2004–10–02Otopeni Croatia110–0
2009 UEFA EuroQualifiers2006–11–18Mogoşoaia Azerbaijan14–15
2006–11–23Mogoșoaia Estonia15–0
2007–05–05Debrecen Hungary13–3
2008–05–24Buftea Italy11–6
2008–05–28Oradea Hungary13–1
2011 FIFA World CupQualifiers2009–09–23Buftea Bosnia and Herzegovina14–02
2010–08–25Mogoșoaia Hungary12–3
2015 FIFA World CupQualifiers2014–08–21Mogoșoaia North Macedonia16–11
2014–09–17Iaşi Estonia20–3 1
2017 UEFA EuroQualifiers2015–11–27Katerini Greece13–11

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
  • Romanian Footballer of the Year: 2015[7]

Personal life

Spânu is married and has a son with her husband.[8]

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References
  1. "Florentina Olar". FC Nordsjælland (in Danish). Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. Statistics in FIFA's website
  3. Profile in UEFA's website
  4. Statistics in Football.it
  5. Leonidou, John (21 August 2013). "Rus aims to take Fortuna to final". UEFA.com. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  6. UEFA
  7. "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.
  8. 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.


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