Ștefan Grasu | |
Position: | Power forward/center |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 7 |
League: | Liga Națională |
Team: | CS Dinamo București |
Number: | 11 |
Nationality: | Romanian |
Birth Date: | 16 February 2003 |
Birth Place: | Bucharest, Romania |
Career Start: | 2018 |
Years1: | 2018–2019 |
Team1: | CS Dinamo București |
Years2: | 2019–2022 |
Team2: | U-BT Cluj-Napoca |
Years3: | 2022–present |
Team3: | CS Dinamo București |
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Ștefan Grasu is a Romanian professional basketball player for Dinamo București of the Liga Națională.
Ștefan was born to Nicoleta and Costel Grasu, both discus throwers for Romania at the Summer Olympics.[1]
He went to school in Vatra Luminoasă (Northeast Bucharest).[1]
When he was 9 years old, he was already a champion in his age group in discus throw. Yet, soon thereafter he started basketball.[1]
At age 12, he scored 75 points in a youth game, an unmatched record in Romanian basketball.[1]
As a youth player he was with CS Dinamo București. In 2019, he signed with U-BT Cluj-Napoca.
In April 2022, Grasu played at the national U-20 tournament in the BTarena. He played alongside Toma Lungoci, Luca Colceag, David Lăpuște and Alexandu Pașca who all have capped for Cluj’s senior team.U-BT Cluj-Napoca became the tournament champion after beating CS Dinamo București 88-76 in the final.[2] Ștefan Grasu was named MVP of the final match where he scored 31 points and recorded 15 rebounds.[2]
Stefan Grasu played for Romania's under-16 national team on several occasions.
Ever since his childhood, Grasu was noticed not only for his immense size and wingspan but also for his shooting, dribbling and ball-handling ability.[1]