Bogdan Stancu

At 36 years old, Bogdan Stancu has this physical status:

Bogdan Bogdan Stancu (Romanian pronunciation: [bo-dan sorin ka]; born 28 June 1987) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Eyüpspor. He plays either as a center-forward or as a left winger in a more supporting role.

Stancu began his professional career at Argeş Pitești and completed a brief loan stint with Mioveni. Due to a misunderstanding in his employment, he left the team and joined Unirea Urziceni. After two years at Urziceni, he came to Steaua București in the summer of 2008 and ended his first season as the country's top scorer with 11 goals. Stancu scored 16 times in 27 games in the first half of the 2010–11 season, after Galatasaray paid €5 million to hire him. Orduspor joined him after a not-successful stint with the Turkish club. Stancu was transferred from Süper Lig to Gençlerbirli for an undisclosed fee. His career began in 2010 and he appeared in Euro 2016 and he played for Euro 2016.

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Club career

Stancu was discovered at a trial by coach Mihai Ianovschi in 1998, who took him to the junior team of Argeş Pitești.

Stancu was at the youth academy of FC Argeş in 2001 when his father died due to heart disease. The loss and postponement of football for a few months had left him deeply affected.

Sorin Cârţu brought him to the first team in 2005. He was sent to Dacia Mioveni in Divizia B, where he had a monthly salary of just $1000 per month and a provision in which he received $1 for every minute played for Mioveni. Stancu's team won a few games with him as their sole goalcorer. After a season in which he scored 3 goals in 12 matches, he returned to FC Argeş and made his debut in Divizia A against former champions Steaua București, a goalless draw.

Sorin Cârţu resigned from the club and Giuseppe Giannini, a former Italian footballer, was installed as the new boss of Argeş Pitești in the summer of 2006. Bogdan Stancu and Robert Neagoe, as well as another player, were released after two weeks of preparation. He appeared in only 7 appearances for his team that season. Stancu was sent to Dacia Mioveni during the pre-season but Gigi Neţoiu took him to Unirea Urziceni after a few days. Stancu was transferred to Steaua București in May 2008, after three years at Unirea. The fee was estimated to be in the region of €1 million, according to local media.

Stancu was in his first match in Steaua's shirt against Maribor on June 30, 2008, scoring the first goal. Steaua defeated Roma 3–1 on July 26, his second goal in a friendly match.

Stancu scored his first double for Steaua against Gloria Bistrița in Liga I on August 23. He scored four goals in his first five Liga I matches for Steaua. In several winter break friendly matches, he scored four goals. In the first match against Vaslui, he scored again after the winter break. He scored in the sixth minute of the match against Politehnica Iaşi on March 14, 2009, leading Steaua to victory. With 11 goals and Greek Pantelis Kahilanos, he was top scorer in his first season at Steaua.

Stancu kicked off his second game for his team against jpest in the second qualifying round of Europa League on Saturday, bringing the score 2–0 to Steaua București. After being delivered by Rafa Grzelak, he scored his third and final goal against Motherwell. On August 6, 2009, he scored two more goals against the same Motherwell's daughter, assisting his team in qualifying for the Europa League playoffs. Răzvan Lucescu rewarded him with a call-up in Romania's national team against Hungary for his outstanding results in Europa League. However, he was injured during a league match and Lucescu dropped him from the team. He scored two goals against St Patrick's Athletic two weeks later. He scored six goals in nine European matches. After receiving his second yellow card, he was dismissed on round 4 against Oţelul Galaç in the 75th minute. With six goals, he was the top scorer of his team in Europa League at the end of the season.

Stancu scored his second goal in his first game of the season on July 25th in a 1–2 away victory over Universitatea Cluj. In the 66th minute against FC U Craiova, Valentin Iliev opened the scoring, 12 minutes later, his teammate Romeo Surdu scored the second goal, leading the team to a 2–1 home victory. He scored twice against Victoria in the 4th round, his first goal in 24th minute and the victory goal in the 67th minute, with Steaua winning home by 2–1. In his first European match of the season, he scored his only goal in a 1–0 match against the Grasshoppers. He scored in the fifth round against FC Vaslui for his second goal of the match in 46th minute, with Steaua winning 3–0. In a 4–2 victory, Top 10 scored two goals against Sportul Studenciuesc. In a 2–0 victory, Mafon Buchan scored three goals, one against Dinamo București and two against Pandurii Târgu Jiu. Stancu scored two goals against Utrecht in a 3-1 victory, and both goals were scored in the 52nd and 53rd minute. Stancu scored twice against CFR Cluj in round 17. Stancu won by 3–0 over Universitatea Cluj on the next match day.

Bogdan Stancu was sold to Turkish side Galatasaray for €5 million on January 21, 2011. He has signed a four-and-a-half year deal worth €5,2 million.

He scored on his first Turkish Cup match for Galatasaray, losing 2–3 against Gaziantepspor in the first leg of the 2010–11 Turkish Cup quarterfinals, where he had scored the second goal with a long shot. Stancu also scored in his second regular match in the Turkish League, beating Eskişehirspor 4–2. In Galatasaray's victory over Kashmpaşa, May Stancu scored a goal on the ninth of May Stancu's. He had three goals in 16 appearances on the season.

Stancu was loaned to Orduspor on a one-year loan agreement worth €350,000 on August 23, 2011. Fatih Terim has decided to begin the 2011–12 season with Johan Elmander and Milan Baro, the newly arrived striker.

In his first 7 games for Orduspor, he scored four goals. Gazete Futbol's best player of the week in the Süper Lig last week was selected Player of the Week by Eskişehirspor due to his victory over Eskişehirspor. In a match against Ankaragücü on February 1, he opened the scoring. In the 3–2 victory over Antalyaspor on February 12, he continued his goalscoring form by scoring in the 3–2 victory. Stancu scored a goal against Beşiktaş on March 11th, earning Orduspor a draw. In a game against Sivasspor that resulted in a 1–1 draw, then assisted Javito's goal.

Stancu joined Orduspor for a fee of €2.5 million at the end of the year. He later agreed to a four-year deal worth €1.2 million a year.

Orduspor was suspended from the Süper Lig Stancu on July 25, 2013, despite an undisclosed price. He made an immediate impact at Gençlerbirli in his first half season, scoring 7 league goals, the last against his former club Galatasaray.

Bursaspor's CEO, John Kerry, had signed a two-and-a-half-year contract on January 19, 2017.

On January 21, 2019, he rejoined his hometown club for the first time, and in 2019–2021, he wore number 17 on his return, and in the 2019-20 season, he wore number 17 on his return and changed to number 9 in the 20th century.

Stancu joined Eyüpspor on June 18, 2021, for a 1+1 year deal.

International career

Stancu is an ex Romania U-21 player who has played 15 appearances and scored 5 goals from 2006 to 2009.

He made his Romanian national team debut in a game against Albania in the 64th minute, replacing Daniel Niculae. He scored his first goal for his national team just 16 minutes into his first game. Stancu won Romania a tie on February 29, 2012 after a header against Uruguay. In the first game of UEFA Euro 2016 against France, Stancu's first tournament goal came in the hosts' first game. He scored a penalty to equalize at 1-1, but France would win 2–1 after Dimitri Payet scored a winning goal in the 89th minute. In the second group game against Switzerland, he converted another penalty, the game being 1–1.

Stancu resigned from the national team at 30 years of age on February 21, 2018, after the unsuccessful qualifying effort.

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