Anne-Marie Bănuță (born 16 November 1991) is a

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who plays as a

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for

Seconde Ligue The Seconde Ligue ( ) is a professional sports, professional women's association football league at the second level of the French football league system, and is run by the ''Ligue féminine de football professionnel'' (LFFP). Its annual compe ...

club

Rodez Rodez (, , ; , ) is a small city and commune in the South of France, about 150 km northeast of Toulouse. It is the prefecture of the department of Aveyron, region of Occitania (formerly Midi-Pyrénées). Rodez is the seat of the communau ...

. Born in France, she represents

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

at international level.

Career

She previously played for

Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...

and

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...

. She chose to play for the Romanian national team, and made her debut on 31 March 2012 scoring two goals against

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

Personal life

Her brother Alexandru Bănuță is also a football player. Their father George Bănuță who emigrated to France, the same. She acquired

French nationality French nationality law is historically based on the principles of ''jus soli'' (Latin for "right of soil") and ''jus sanguinis'', (Latin for "right of blood") according to Ernest Renan's definition, in opposition to the German definition of nat ...

on 21 September 2001, through the collective effect of her father's naturalization.

Honours

Club

Saint-Étienne *

Coupe de France Féminine The Coupe de France Féminine (, ''Women's French Cup'') is the top annual cup tournament for French women's football clubs. The competition is open to all professional and non-professional women's teams in France. Founded in 2001 as Challenge ...

: runners-up

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References

1991 births Living people Footballers from Toulouse Naturalized citizens of France French women's footballers Toulouse FC (women) players AS Saint-Étienne (women) players FC Nantes (women) players Romanian women's footballers French people of Romanian descent Romania women's international footballers Rodez AF (women) players Première Ligue players Women's association football midfielders Women's association football forwards 21st-century French sportswomen 21st-century Romanian sportswomen {{Romania-women-footy-bio-stub