Florentina Spânu

Florentina Olar-Spânu
Personal information
Full name	Florentina Olar-Spânu
Birth name	Florentina Spânu
Date of birth	6 August 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth	Constanța, Romania
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Fortuna Hjørring
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2009	Clujana
2008–2009	→ Lazio
2009–2013	Apollon Limassol
2013–2019	Fortuna Hjørring
2019–2021	Nordsjælland
2021–	Fortuna Hjørring
National team
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 Fortuna Hjørring 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.^[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]

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

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
2011 FIFA World Cup	Qualifiers	2010–08–25	Mogoșoaia	Hungary	1	2–3	2
2015 FIFA World Cup	Qualifiers	2014–08–21	Mogoșoaia	North Macedonia	1	6–1	1
2015 FIFA World Cup	Qualifiers	2014–09–17	Iaşi	Estonia	2	0–3 ¹	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]

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

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