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[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
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.[7]

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.30 September 2001Osijek, Croatia Croatia1–02–22003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.13 October 2001Câmpina, Romania Estonia1–06–1
3.6–0
4.9 June 2002Pärnu, Estonia Estonia6–16–1
5.10 August 2003Bucharest, Romania Malta2–03–0UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
6.12 October 2003Câmpina, Romania Romania1–02–0
7.18 October 2003Belišće, Croatia Croatia1–03–2
8.1 May 2004Bucharest, Romania Republic of Ireland1–11–1
9.8 May 2004Hamrun, Malta Malta2–09–0
10.2 October 2004Otopeni, Romania Croatia10–010–0
11.20 August 2005Senec, Slovakia Slovakia1–01–22007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
12.29 October 2005Mogoșoaia, Romania Northern Ireland2–03–2
13.18 November 2006 Azerbaijan1–04–1UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
14.23 November 2006 Estonia1–05–0
15.5 May 2007Debrecen, Hungary Hungary1–03–3
16.24 May 2008Buftea, Romania Italy1–21–6
17.28 May 2008Oradea, Romania Hungary2–13–1
18.23 September 2009Buftea, Romania Bosnia and Herzegovina4–04–02011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
19.25 August 2010Mogoșoaia, Romania Hungary1–22–3
20.21 August 2014Mogoșoaia, Romania North Macedonia6–16–12015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
21.17 September 2014Iași, Romania Estonia1–02–0
22.2–0
23.27 November 2014Katerini, Greece Greece3–13–1UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

Honours

Club

Individual

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.


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