Florentina Olar-Spânu (born 6 August 1985),

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Spânu, is a Romanian

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who plays as a forward for Danish

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club

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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

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. 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

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with Lazio, she signed for

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC (, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Division and has won the championship tit ...

. In 2013 she accompanied compatriot Laura Rus in signing for

in Denmark's

, with which she has reached the

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quarterfinals.

Personal life

Spânu is married and has a son with her husband.

Career statistics

¹ Romania won 2–0 with both goals scored by Spânu, but the result was overruled by

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for fielding an ineligible player.

International goals

Honours

Club

CFF Clujana * Romanian First League (7): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 *

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(4): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08 Apollon Limassol *

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(4): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 *

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(4): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 Fortuna Hjørring *

Danish Women's League The Danish Women's League () is a professional top-flight league for women's football in Denmark. It is organised by the Danish Football Association (DBU) as part of the nation-wide Danmarksturneringen i kvindefodbold (Kvinde-DM) and is placed a ...

(4): 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2024–25 *

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(5): 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021-22, 2024–25

Individual

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: 2015

References

1985 births Living people Women's association football forwards Romanian women's footballers Footballers from Constanța Romania women's international footballers Serie A (women's football) players SS Lazio Women 2015 players Apollon Ladies F.C. players Fortuna Hjørring players FC Nordsjælland (women) players Romanian expatriate women's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate women's footballers in Cyprus Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate women's footballers in Denmark CFF Clujana players FIFA Women's Century Club Elitedivisionen players 21st-century Romanian sportswomen Long stubs with short prose {{Romania-women-footy-bio-stub