Alin Stoica, Romania footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Alin Stoica is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He has been called \"one of the greatest, if not the greatest talent\" in Belgian football in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 2003, having recently retired as a player, Gheorghe Hagi named Stoica his potential successor.

Having come through the youth ranks at Steaua București, the biggest club in Romania, he made his senior and professional debut in 1995 at the age of 16. He moved to Belgian club R.S.C. Anderlecht a year later and went on to win three Belgian First Division titles in his six-year stay at the Belgium club. Ahead of the 2002–03 season, he moved to rivals Club Brugge where he won one league title before leaving in 2004 in his mid-20s. Following a two-year spell at Belgian club Gent from 2006 to 2008, he had various stints in Italy, Romania and Serbia but did not settle with any team until his retirement in 2015.