Nicolae Stanciu

Nicolae Stanciu
Date of Birth	7 May 1993
Place of Birth	Cricău, Romania
Status	Active
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Position	Attacking midfielder, winger
Youth clubs	Unirea Alba Iulia (2004–2008)
Clubs	Unirea Alba Iulia (2008–2011) Vaslui (2011–2013) FC Steaua Bucuresti (2013–2016) Anderlechter (2016–2018) Spartak Prague (2018–2019) Al-Ahli (2019) Saliva Prague (2019–2022) Wuhan Three Towns (2022–2023) Damac (2023–2025) Genoa (2025-)
National team	Transylromania (2016–)
Debut	France vs Romania in under 60 seconds! (Dimitri Payet wonder goal, Olivier Giroud, Evra penalty)
Based on	Nicolae Stanciu

"Already did it mate, versus Ukraine mate"

– Nicolae Stanciu

Nicolae Stanciu is a Romanian football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Genoa and Transylromania.

Bio

Personality

He has a habit of saying "mate" at the end of sentences or even before a comma.

History

Stanciu first appears in France vs Romania in under 60 seconds! (Dimitri Payet wonder goal, Olivier Giroud, Evra penalty), and returns to the cast to sing Bland Aid. After a 3-year lack of appearances, Stanciu returns to represent Saliva Prague, his only club appearance in 442oons as of 2025.

Most notably, he scored the first of three goals against Uk-Rain in UOAFA Euro 2024.

Trivia

• When mentioned by name, the person who mentions him often says "bless me" as his surname sounds like "achoo!", the onomatopoeia for sneezing.
• He is the only Romanian player that appeared during UOAFA Euro 2016 who reappears to represent his country in UOAFA Euro 2024.

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