Ionuț Cristian Stancu (born 17 January 1983) is a Romanian former professional

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player, who played as a defender, currently assistant coach at

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club Universitatea Craiova and the Romania U20 national team.

Club career

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 *

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: 2005–06, 2006–07 *

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Universitatea Craiova *

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: 2013–14

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stancu, Ionut 1983 births Living people Footballers from Craiova Romanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football central defenders Men's association football wingers Liga I players Liga II 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 21st-century Romanian sportsmen