Laura Roxana Rus (born 1 October 1987) is a

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who plays for Apulia Trani in the Italian Women's Serie B. She has also played in the

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, Danish, South Korean and

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championships, and she is a member of the Romanian national team.

Career

Rus was born in

Bocșa Bocșa (; ; ) is a town in Caraș-Severin County, in the Banat region of Romania, with a population of 12,949 in 2021. Etymology The name "Bocșa" is believed to originate from the Slavic word "bok," meaning "side" or "hill," which reflects t ...

and attended university in

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, where she played for the university's

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team. She started her football career playing for Pandurii Targu Jiu in the

Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

. During this time she started playing for the Romanian national team in 2005. In 2007 she moved abroad, alternating periods in Spain's Sporting Huelva and Cyprus'

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 ...

. With Apollon she first played the

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in the 2010–11 season. In 2011, she went on trial with English

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club Everton Ladies, but she ultimately continued in Apollon for two more seasons. In the latter she was the top scorer of the Champions League with 11 goals (with the qualifying rounds included). That summer she moved to

Fortuna Hjørring Fortuna Hjørring is a women's association football team from Hjørring, Denmark. The club was formed in 1966 and play in green and white. Their biggest achievement in European football was reaching the 2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup final where the ...

in Denmark's

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, and one year later to South Korea's Icheon Daekyo. In 2017 she moved back to Spain and Cyprus for third stints with Sporting and Apollon. At the end of 2017 it was announced that she will move to Italy and play for Sassuolo. After the end of the 2017–2018 season, she signed with Hellas Verona, scoring in her first friendly match. At the end of July 2019, Laura signed with RSC Anderlecht, where she will play for the 2019–20 season.Officiel: Une internationale roumaine débarque à Anderlecht
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International goals

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rus, Laura 1987 births Living people Romanian women's footballers Romania women's international footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate women's footballers in Denmark Fortuna Hjørring players Apollon Ladies F.C. players Liga F players Sporting de Huelva players Women's association football forwards US Sassuolo Calcio (women) players Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Serie A (women's football) players SSD Women Hellas Verona players Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Romanian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea RSC Anderlecht (women) players Expatriate women's footballers in Belgium Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium WK League players People from Bocșa Footballers from Caraș-Severin County FIFA Women's Century Club 21st-century Romanian sportswomen