Ionuț Cristian Stancu

Ionuț Cristian Stancu (born 17 January 1983) is a Romanian former professional football player, who played as a defender, currently assistant coach at Liga I club Universitatea Craiova and the Romania national under-20 team.

Ionuț Stancu

Personal information
Full name	Ionuț Cristian Stancu
Date of birth	(1983-01-17) 17 January 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth	Craiova, Romania
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Universitatea Craiova (assistant) Romania U20 (assistant)
Youth career
	Universitatea Craiova
0000–2000	Școala de Fotbal Gheorghe Popescu
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2003	Universitatea Craiova	23	(1)
2001–2002	→ Rocar București (loan)	10	(0)
2004–2011	Rapid București	70	(2)
2008	→ Politehnica Iaşi (loan)	7	(0)
2009–2010	→ Pandurii Târgu Jiu (loan)	15	(0)
2011–2012	ALRO Slatina	26	(6)
2012–2013	Mioveni	20	(2)
2013–2014	Universitatea Craiova	9	(1)
2014	CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea	4	(0)
2015	FC Caransebeș	7	(0)
Total		191	(12)
International career
1998	Romania U16	5	(0)
2001	Romania U19	6	(0)
2002–2003	Romania U21	3	(0)
Managerial career
2019–2020	Universitatea II Craiova (assistant)
2020	Universitatea II Craiova
2021–2023	Universitatea Craiova (video analyst)
2023–2024	Universitatea Craiova (assistant)
2023–	Romania U20 (assistant)
2025–	Universitatea Craiova (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Stancu started his career at Universitatea Craiova in 2001, featuring in the first team on occasion, before moving to Rapid București in 2004. His first match in Divizia A was on 14 March 2001 while playing for Universitatea Craiova against Petrolul Ploieşti.

Honours

Rapid București

• Cupa României: 2005–06, 2006–07
• Supercupa României: 2007

Universitatea Craiova

• Liga II: 2013–14

External links

• Ionuț Cristian Stancu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Ionuț Cristian Stancu at Soccerway