Ştefania Iuliana Vătafu (born 12 July 1993) is a

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currently playing for

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Super League Vrouwenvoetbal The Belgian Women's Super League (Dutch: Super League ''Vrouwenvoetbal/Belgisch Vrouwenvoetbal Kampioenschap''; French: ''Superligue/Championnat de Belgique féminin de football''; German: ''Superliga/Belgische Frauenfußballmeisterschaft'') is t ...

. She is a member of the Romanian national team.

Career

Vătafu earned her first call-up for the Romanian national team at age 16.Arena Valceana
/ref> She played in Romania's

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for a decade, first for Clujana and later for Olimpia Cluj, also playing regularly the

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in both, before moving to Spain's UD Granadilla in the 2017–18 winter transfer window.

International goals

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* 1993 births Living people Romanian women's footballers Romania women's international footballers Women's association football midfielders Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Belgium Liga F players Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Romanian expatriate women's footballers RSC Anderlecht (women) players Super League Vrouwenvoetbal players UD Tenerife players FCU Olimpia Cluj players CFF Clujana players Footballers from Râmnicu Vâlcea FIFA Women's Century Club 21st-century Romanian sportswomen {{Romania-women-footy-bio-stub