Constantin Stănici

Stănici was born on 17 September 1969 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing football at local club Sportul Studențesc. He made his Divizia A debut on 28 May 1986 under coach Constantin Ardeleanu in a 2–2 draw against Victoria București. He played his first three games in European competitions during the 1986–87 UEFA Cup, helping Sportul get past Omonia Nicosia, being eliminated in the following round by Gent. In the following edition of the same competition he played five games as they got past GKS Katowice, then Peter Schmeichel and Brian Laudrup's Brøndby, winning the second leg 3–0 after an away loss by the same score, securing a historic penalty shootout qualification to the third round where they were defeated by Hellas Verona. At the end of 1989, Stănici signed a contract with Dinamo București, but it was annulled due to the outbreak of the 1989 Romanian Revolution. In the 1990–91 season he netted a personal record of eight goals. On 1 October 1995, he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 1–0 away loss to Dinamo, totaling 228 matches with 34 goals in the competition, all of them for Sportul. In 1996, Stănici went to Hungarian side Budapesti VSC where he was teammates with compatriot Marian Popa. He made his Nemzeti Bajnokság I on 10 August, as coach László Dajka used him the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 home draw against Csepel. On 17 August, he scored his first goal in the league from a penalty kick in a 4–1 win against Stadler. Stănici also played in both legs of…

Between 1987 and 1992, Stănici made several appearances for Romania's under-21, Olympic and B teams. He helped the B side win the 1991 Nehru Cup, playing in the 3–1 win over rivals Hungary in the final. Stănici played one game for Romania when coach Mircea Rădulescu introduced him in the 57th minute to replace Ioan Lupescu in a 6–0 victory against San Marino in the Euro 1992 qualifiers.

His brother, Florin Stănici, was an ice hockey player. His nephews were also footballers, as Andrei Cristian played in the second league for Sportul Studențesc București and Dinamo București II, while Robert Stănici played in the first league for Rapid București. He has two sons named Răzvan and Flavius.

Sportul Studențesc

Divizia A runner-up: 1985–86 Budapesti VSC

Magyar Kupa runner-up: 1996–97 Romania B

Nehru Cup: 1991