Education
At Salamanca he scored 11 goals, being the second leading scorer in the team, but the club finished last and were relegated to Segunda División.
At Salamanca he scored 11 goals, being the second leading scorer in the team, but the club finished last and were relegated to Segunda División.
He began his football career at Viitorul Craiova. In 1990, he made his league debut for at the age of 17, in a match against Corvinul Hunedoara. By the end of the season he was loaned to Jiul IELIF Craiova, and returned in the summer of 1991 to U"Craiova.
In summer 1995, he went abroad to Spain at UD Salamanca.
In 1996, Stîngă joined Dutch side. In his first season in the Eredivisie, he played only seven matches.
In the 1997-1998 season, he was one of the key players for PSV as they finished runners-up in the Dutch Championship. In 1998, he suffered a serious injury, which resulted a year break in the 1998-1999 season and appeared once on the pitch.
The next two seasons he spent at U.Craiova, returning after 7 years.
He was loaned for the 2004-2005 season to the Dutch Eerste Divisie side Helmond Sport. In 2006 he was player and manager for U"Craiova in the Romanian second division. He helped his team to get promoted in the first league in the 2006-2007 season, before ending his career.
Stîngă made his debut on 31 January 1993 in a friendly game against Ecuador played in Guayaquil.
In 1994, he was named in Romania"s squad for the World Cup in the United States, but didn"t play any game. In 1996, he was called by Anghel Iordănescu at the European Championship in England, where he played one match against Spain.
He also represented his country at World Cup 1998 in France.