Florentina Spânu

Florentina Olar-Spânu (born 6 August 1985) is a Romanian football striker, currently playing for Fortuna Hjørring in the Danish Elitedivisionen. She has also played for Romanian, Italian and Cypriot clubs, and she is a longtime member of the Romanian national team.

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.^[1] 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.^[2][3] 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.^[4]

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	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.^[5]

Honours

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