Florentina Spânu

Florentina Olar-Spânu

Personal information
Full name	Florentina Olar-Spânu
Birth name	Florentina Spânu
Date of birth	(1985-08-06) 6 August 1985
Place of birth	Constanța, Romania
Position(s)	Forward
Team 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)
International career
2001–	Romania
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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. 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. 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.

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.

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

Personal life

Spânu is married and has a son with her husband.