Florentina Olar-Spânu (née Spânu; born 6 August 1985) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a forward for Danish A-Liga club Fortuna Hjørring and the Romania women's national team.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Florentina Olar-Spânu | ||
| Birth name | Florentina Spânu | ||
| Date of birth | 6 August 1985[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Constanța, Romania | ||
| Position | Forward[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fortuna Hjørring | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2009 | Clujana | ||
| 2008–2009 | → Lazio | 13 | (4) |
| 2009–2013 | Apollon Limassol | ||
| 2013–2019 | Fortuna Hjørring | 30 | (7) |
| 2019–2021 | Nordsjælland | 43 | (9) |
| 2021– | Fortuna Hjørring | 69 | (11) |
| International career | |||
| 2001– | Romania | 180 | (23) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 May 2025 | |||
Career
editSpânu 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]
Personal life
editSpânu is married and has a son with her husband.[6]
Career statistics
editInternational goals
edit| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 30 September 2001 | Osijek, Croatia |  Croatia | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 13 October 2001 | Câmpina, Romania |  Estonia | 1–0 | 6–1 | |
| 3. | 6–0 | |||||
| 4. | 9 June 2002 | Pärnu, Estonia | Estonia | 6–1 | 6–1 | |
| 5. | 10 August 2003 | Bucharest, Romania |  Malta | 2–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying |
| 6. | 12 October 2003 | Câmpina, Romania |  Romania | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| 7. | 18 October 2003 | Belišće, Croatia | Croatia | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| 8. | 1 May 2004 | Bucharest, Romania |  Republic of Ireland | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| 9. | 8 May 2004 | Hamrun, Malta | Malta | 2–0 | 9–0 | |
| 10. | 2 October 2004 | Otopeni, Romania | Croatia | 10–0 | 10–0 | |
| 11. | 20 August 2005 | Senec, Slovakia |  Slovakia | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 12. | 29 October 2005 | Mogoșoaia, Romania |  Northern Ireland | 2–0 | 3–2 | |
| 13. | 18 November 2006 |  Azerbaijan | 1–0 | 4–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying | |
| 14. | 23 November 2006 | Estonia | 1–0 | 5–0 | ||
| 15. | 5 May 2007 | Debrecen, Hungary |  Hungary | 1–0 | 3–3 | |
| 16. | 24 May 2008 | Buftea, Romania |  Italy | 1–2 | 1–6 | |
| 17. | 28 May 2008 | Oradea, Romania | Hungary | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| 18. | 23 September 2009 | Buftea, Romania |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 19. | 25 August 2010 | Mogoșoaia, Romania | Hungary | 1–2 | 2–3 | |
| 20. | 21 August 2014 | Mogoșoaia, Romania |  North Macedonia | 6–1 | 6–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 21. | 17 September 2014 | Iași, Romania | Estonia | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| 22. | 2–0 | |||||
| 23. | 27 November 2014 | Katerini, Greece |  Greece | 3–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
| 24. | 12 July 2024 | Almaty, Kazakhstan |  Kazakhstan | 2–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
| 25. | 30 May 2025 | Ovidiu, Romania | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League |
Honours
editClub
editCFF Clujana
- 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
Apollon Limassol
- Cypriot First Division (4): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
- Cypriot Cup (4): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
Fortuna Hjørring[7]
- Danish Women's League (4): 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2024–25
- Danish Cup (5): 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2024–25
Individual
editReferences
edit- 1 2 "Florentina Olar". FC Nordsjælland (in Danish). Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ↑ Statistics in FIFA's website
- ↑ Profile in UEFA's website
- ↑ Statistics in Football.it
- ↑ Leonidou, John (21 August 2013). "Rus aims to take Fortuna to final". UEFA.com. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ↑ Brumar, Dan L. (6 October 2019). "Viața în ghete cu crampoane. Mămicile de la naționala de fotbal feminin a României își iau copiii la antrenamente". Perfecte (in Romanian). Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ↑ F. Olar at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ↑ "Ea e cea mai buna jucatoare de fotbal din Romania. A dat un gol de poveste si ar putea concura la trofeul Ferenc Puskas: VIDEO". sport.ro. 5 December 2015.