Biography
Ovidiu Stângă is a one-hundred-percent product of the Craiova football school. A junior international, he made his senior Romania debut at 20 and went on to play at two World Cup finals (1994 and 1998) and one European Championship (1996). He played for Universitatea in 1990–1995, 2002–2004 and 2005–2007, and built a career abroad too, at PSV Eindhoven, Salamanca and Helmond Sport. Twice coach of Universitatea, Ovidiu Stângă has also been in charge of one of Romania’s junior national teams.