Florentina Spânu

Florentina Olar-Spânu (born 6 August 1985), née Spânu, is a Romanian footballer who plays as a forward for Danish Elitedivisionen club Fortuna Hjørring 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 (age 39)[1]
Place of birth	Constanța, Romania
Position(s)	Forward[1]
Team information
Current team	Fortuna Hjørring
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2009	Clujana
2008–2009	→ Lazio	13	(4)
2009–2013	Apollon Limassol
2013–2019	Fortuna Hjørring	30	(7)
2019–2021	Nordsjælland	43	(9)
2021–	Fortuna Hjørring	14	(4)
International career
2001–	Romania	180	(23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

Personal life

Spânu is married and has a son with her husband.^[6]

Career statistics

Goals for the Romanian WNT in official competitions

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	2	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.^[7]

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	30 September 2001	Osijek, Croatia	Croatia	1–0	2–2	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.	13 October 2001	Câmpina, Romania	Estonia	1–0	6–1
3.				6–0
4.	9 June 2002	Pärnu, Estonia	Estonia	6–1	6–1
5.	10 August 2003	Bucharest, Romania	Malta	2–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
6.	12 October 2003	Câmpina, Romania	Romania	1–0	2–0
7.	18 October 2003	Belišće, Croatia	Croatia	1–0	3–2
8.	1 May 2004	Bucharest, Romania	Republic of Ireland	1–1	1–1
9.	8 May 2004	Hamrun, Malta	Malta	2–0	9–0
10.	2 October 2004	Otopeni, Romania	Croatia	10–0	10–0
11.	20 August 2005	Senec, Slovakia	Slovakia	1–0	1–2	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
12.	29 October 2005	Mogoșoaia, Romania	Northern Ireland	2–0	3–2
13.	18 November 2006		Azerbaijan	1–0	4–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
14.	23 November 2006		Estonia	1–0	5–0
15.	5 May 2007	Debrecen, Hungary	Hungary	1–0	3–3
16.	24 May 2008	Buftea, Romania	Italy	1–2	1–6
17.	28 May 2008	Oradea, Romania	Hungary	2–1	3–1
18.	23 September 2009	Buftea, Romania	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4–0	4–0	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
19.	25 August 2010	Mogoșoaia, Romania	Hungary	1–2	2–3
20.	21 August 2014	Mogoșoaia, Romania	North Macedonia	6–1	6–1	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
21.	17 September 2014	Iași, Romania	Estonia	1–0	2–0
22.				2–0
23.	27 November 2014	Katerini, Greece	Greece	3–1	3–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

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^[8]

References

1. "Florentina Olar". FC Nordsjælland (in Danish). Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. 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. 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.
7. UEFA
8. "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.