Ștefan Grasu


Ștefan Grasu is a Romanian professional basketball player for Dinamo București of the Liga Națională.

Early life

Ștefan was born to Nicoleta and Costel Grasu, both discus throwers for Romania at the Summer Olympics.
He went to school in Vatra Luminoasă.
When he was 9 years old, he was already a champion in his age group in discus throw. Yet, soon thereafter he started basketball.

Club career

At age 12, he scored 75 points in a youth game, an unmatched record in Romanian basketball.
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.
Ștefan Grasu was named MVP of the final match where he scored 31 points and recorded 15 rebounds.

National team

Stefan Grasu played for Romania's under-16 national team on several occasions.

Player profile

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.