Ionuț Cristian Stancu (born 17 January 1983) is a

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n former

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wingback. Stancu started his career at Universitatea Craiova in 2001, featuring in the first team on occasion, before moving to

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in 2004. His first match in

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was on 14 March 2001 while playing for Universitatea Craiova against Petrolul Ploieşti.

Honours

;Rapid București *

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

: 2005–06, 2006–07 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României ( en, Romanian Supercup) is a Romanian football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994, ...

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;CS Universitatea Craiova *

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: 2013–14

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* * 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Craiova Romanian footballers Association football defenders Association football central defenders Association football wingers Liga I players FC U Craiova 1948 players AFC Rocar București players FC Rapid București players FC Politehnica Iași (1945) players CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu players FC Olt Slatina players SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea players CS Mioveni players CS Universitatea Craiova players {{Romania-footy-defender-stub