Article by Adrian Duţă – published Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 21:42 / Updated Tuesday, October 7, 2025:10
Nicolae Stanciu (32 years old) the offensive midfielder from Genoadid not impress the Italian journalists after the first matches in the “Grifonului” shirt.
The captain of the Romanian national team arrived in the summer in Serie A. He signed with the team sponsored by Dan Șucu from the position of free player, after the separation of Saudi from Lamac.
Nicolae Stanciu had a dream debut, with a superb goal scored from a distance in the victory with Vicenza, from the Italian Cup, score 3-0. The only success of the midfielder in the Genoese band's shirt has remained so far.
What does the Italians write about Nicolae Stanciu, two months after the debut in Genoa
Stanciu caught 5 games at Genoa this season, 3 in Serie A and two in the Italian Cup. In the championship he faced Lecce (0-0), Junventus (0-1) and Lazio (0-3). Only in the first two parties was a holder, with the lay entered the second part.
In the Cup, besides the duel with Vicenza, he also played against Empoli, score 3-1. Nicolae missed the last match of Patrick Vieira's band, 1-2 with Naples, due to an injury. In fact, this is also the reason why he was not summoned to the national for the October matches, the friendly with Moldova and the match in the preliminaries with Austria.
The Italian journalists drew a first conclusion about Stanciu, two months after his official debut in Genoa. And they were hard, unequivocally.
“We are missing a key player in attack: Stanciu and Carboni are behind”, wrote the ones from Il there XIX.
Nicolae Stanciu is currently injured, having a 2nd degree muscle injury. “He felt something before the match with Lazio, but he still entered the end and worsened, “said Mircea Lucescu, the Romanian coach, for gsp.ro.
84 matchesNicolae Stanciu has at the Romanian national
