Ștefania Vătafu
Romanian footballer (born 1993)
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Ştefania Iuliana Vătafu (Romanian: [ʃte.faˈni.a ju.liˈa.na vəˈta.fu]; born 12 July 1993) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Women's Super League (BWSL) club Anderlecht. She played for the Romania national team until her international retirement in 2026, earning 132 caps and scoring 28 goals.[1]
Full name
Ştefania Iuliana Vătafu
Date of birth
12 July 1993
Place of birth
Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania
Height
1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
.jpg) Vătafu with Anderlecht in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ştefania Iuliana Vătafu | ||
| Date of birth | 12 July 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Anderlecht | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2010 | Clujana Cluj | ||
| 2010–2018 | Olimpia Cluj | 119 | (16) |
| 2018 | UD Granadilla TS | 12 | (0) |
| 2018– | Anderlecht | 125 | (18) |
| International career | |||
| 2009–2026 | Romania | 132 | (28) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Vătafu earned her first call-up for the Romanian national team at age 16.[2] She played in Romania's Liga I for a decade, first for Clujana and later for Olimpia Cluj, also playing regularly the UEFA Champions League in both, before moving to Spain's UD Granadilla in the 2017–18 winter transfer window.
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 3 March 2019 | Gold City, Antalya, Turkey |  India | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2019 Turkish Women's Cup |
| 2. | 3–0 | |||||
| 3. | 8 November 2019 | Stadionul Mogoșoaia, Mogoșoaia, Romania |  Lithuania | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying |
| 4. | 23 October 2020 | Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė, Lithuania | Lithuania | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| 5. | 3–0 | |||||
| 6. | 2 September 2022 | LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania | Lithuania | 3–0 | 7–1 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 7. | 16 February 2023 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus |  Hungary | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2023 Cyprus Women's Cup |
| 8. | 16 July 2023 | Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest, Romania |  Bulgaria | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 9. | 5 April 2024 | Armavir City Stadium, Armavir, Armenia |  Armenia | 2–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |
| 10. | 31 May 2024 | Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest, Romania | Bulgaria | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| 11. | 4 June 2024 | Stadion Aleksandar Shalamanov, Sofia, Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
Honours
- Clujana Cluj
- Olimpia Cluj
- Liga I (8): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
- Romanian Cup (6): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17
- Anderlecht
- Super League (6): 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- Belgian Cup: 2021–22
- Romania
- Turkish Women's Cup runner-up (2): 2017, 2019
- Cyprus Women's Cup third-place: 2023