[4] The following season, Stan was named as the new coach at Moldovan first division club Zimbru Chişinău,[5] where he had the chance to lead the team in the European encounters of the 2002–03 UEFA Cup.
[8] In the start of 2004 he takes on Vaslui in Romanian second division, but only manages to stay there for three months,[9] leading the team in two matches, one defeat and one victory.
[10] He returns to Braşov at the beginning of the 2004–05 season, to take over the team after a run of 5 matches without winning, but isn't able to recover it from under-performing and he is removed after the 20th round.
[18] On 18 March 2008, Stan was appointed at the struggling Liga I side UTA Arad, that was at the moment third from bottom and three points from safety.
[32] He resigned on 21 April,[33] when the team was on the 14th spot,[34] only to be officially announced the next day as the main coach of newly founded Moldovan second division club Ursidos Chişinău.
[37] However, ahead the start season, Ursidos Chişinău decided to merge with the first division club Milsami Orhei, forming Milsami-Ursidos.
He was named main coach at the newly formed club,[38] where he was in control until the end of the first half of the season, when his contract expired and he decided not to renew it.