Bogdan Stancu

FC Argeș

Stancu was discovered at a trial by coach Mihai Ianovschi in 1998, who took him to the junior team of Argeș Pitești. In 2001, at the age of 14, Stancu was at the youth academy of FC Argeș when his father died due to heart failure. He was deeply affected by the loss and quit football for a few months. In 2005, he was brought to the first team by Sorin Cârțu. After a short period he was sent to Dacia Mioveni in Divizia B, where he had a contract of only $1000 per month and a clause by which he earned $1 for every minute played for Mioveni. His team won a few games with Stancu as their only goalscorer. After a season where he scored 3 goals in 12 matches, he returned to FC Argeș and made his debut in Divizia A at the age of 19 against former champions Steaua București, game which ended as a goalless draw. In the summer of 2006, Sorin Cârțu resigned from the club and former Italian star Giuseppe Giannini was appointed as the new manager of Argeș Pitești. After two weeks of training he decided that Stancu and another player, Robert Neagoe, should be released. He ended up making only seven appearances for his team that season. Stancu was sent once again to Dacia Mioveni during the pre-season but after a few days, Gigi Nețoiu brought him to Unirea Urziceni. In May 2008, after three years at Unirea, Stancu was transferred to Steaua București. Local media reported the fee to be in the region of €1 million.

Steaua Bucharest

2008–09 season

On 30…

Stancu is an ex Romania U-21 player, gathering 15 appearances and scoring 5 goals from 2006 to 2009. On 3 September 2010, he made his debut for the Romania national team in a game against Albania coming on in the 64th minute to replace Daniel Niculae. He also scored his first goal for his national side 16 minutes into his first game. On 29 February 2012, Stancu scored from a header against Uruguay to earn Romania a draw. Stancu's first tournament goal came in the opening game of UEFA Euro 2016 against the hosts France. He netted a penalty to equalise at 1–1, although France did go on to eventually win 2–1 with Dimitri Payet scoring a winning goal in the 89th minute. He also successfully converted another penalty in the second group game against Switzerland, with the match finishing 1–1. On 21 February 2018, Stancu officially announced his retirement from the national team at 30 years of age after the unsuccessful qualifying campaign.

Club

International

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Stancu goal.

Unirea Urziceni

Cupa României runner-up: 2007–08 Steaua Bucureşti

Cupa României: 2010–11 Individual

Gazeta Sporturilor Romanian Footballer of the Year runner-up: 2010