 In 1995, Stângaciu starts his adventure in the Turkish Premier Super Football League, playing for Vanspor and Kocaelispor.He retired in 2001 and since then was for a while the goalkeepers' coach at FCU Politehnica Timişoara.Stângaciu was Romanian football champion in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, won the Romania Cup in 1985, 1987 and 1992 and the Turkish Cup in 1997.