Liviu Goian

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Liviu Goian
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-11-18) 18 November 1965 (age 59) [1]
Place of birth Dej, Romania [1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Position(s) Central defender / Defensive midfielder [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1991 CSM Suceava [a] 20 (0)
1991–1993 FC Bacău 33 (0)
1993–2000 Debrecen 200 (7)
1995 → Bucovina Suceava (loan) 11 (0)
Total264(7)
International career
1986 Romania B 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Liviu Goian (born 18 November 1965) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a defender. [2] [3]

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Club career

Goian was born on 18 November 1965 in Dej, Romania, and began playing senior-level football in 1981, aged 15 at CSM Suceava in the Romanian lower leagues. [1] [4] He helped the team earn promotion to Divizia A in 1987, making his debut in the competition on 23 August in a 3–1 home victory against FCM Brașov. [1] [4] However, Suceava was relegated after only one season, but Goian remained with the team for three more seasons in Divizia B. [1] In 1991, he returned to Divizia A football, joining FC Bacău. [1] [4] On 21 March 1993 he made his last appearance in the Romanian first league in Bacău's 2–2 draw against Brașov, having a total of 53 matches in the competition. [1] [4]

In 1993, he went abroad to Hungarian side, Debrecen where he was teammates with fellow Romanians Nicolae Ilea, Radu Sabo, Emil Răducu and Cornel Cașolțan. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] Goian made his Nemzeti Bajnokság I debut on 14 August 1993 under coach Lajos Garamvölgyi in a 2–1 victory with Videoton in which he scored a goal. [1] [3] [4] [5] He played seven games in the 1998 Intertoto Cup campaign as the team got past Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev, Hradec Králové and Hansa Rostock, reaching the semi-finals where they were defeated by Ruch Chorzów. [1] [7] Goian won the first trophy of his career when coach Garamvölgyi used him the entire match in the 2–1 win over Tatabánya in the 1998–99 Magyar Kupa final. [4] [8] In the following season he played in both legs of the 3–2 aggregate loss to VfL Wolfsburg in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup first round. [1] [3] [9] Goian made his last Hungarian league appearance, playing for Debrecen on 27 May 2000 in a 3–1 home win over MTK Budapest. [1] [5]

International career

In 1986, Goian played two games for Romania B against Italy and the Soviet Union. [4]

After retirement

After ending his playing career, he worked as a sports agent, served as president at SC Bacău and became a businessman. [10]

Personal life

Goian's brothers Gigi, Lucian and Dorin were also professional footballers, all of them having played in the Romanian top-division Divizia A. [11] He also has three sisters. [12]

Honours

CSM Suceava

Debrecen

Notes

  1. ↑ The statistics for the 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89 and 1989–90 Divizia B seasons are unavailable. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Liviu Goian at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ↑ Liviu Goian at WorldFootball.net
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Liviu Goian profile" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Liviu Goian, unul dintre cei mai apreciați fotbaliști români în Ungaria!" [Liviu Goian, one of the most popular Romanian footballers in Hungary!] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "Debreceni Vasutas SC - Videoton-Waltham FC 2 : 1" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Mi lett a Loki egykori román focistáival?" [What happened to the former Romanian soccer players of Loki?] (in Hungarian). Haon.hu. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
    "Cașolțan: "În vară vreau să vin acasă"" [Cașolțan: "In the summer I want to come home"] (in Romanian). Tribuna.ro. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Liviu Goian. UI-Cup 1998". WorldFootball. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Debreceni VSC-Epona - Lombard FC Tatabánya 2 : 1" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "Liviu Goian. UEFA Cup 1999/2000". WorldFootball. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  10. ↑ "Momente dificile în familia Goian. A fost reținut de Poliție!" [Difficult times in the Goian family. He was detained by the police!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
    "L-a salvat pe Romeo Stavarache? Liviu Goian ar fi intervenit pentru ca primarul Bacăului să nu se sinucidă" [Did he save Romeo Stavarache? Liviu Goian would have intervened so that the mayor of Bacau would not commit suicide] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
    "Liviu Goian, președintele SC Bacău, reținut de procurorii DNA împreună cu primarul Stavarache" [Liviu Goian, president of SC Bacău, arrested by DNA prosecutors together with Mayor Stavarache] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "Goian s-a apucat de fotbal pentru a scapa de saracie" [Goian became a footballer to get away from poverty] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 15 October 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
    "Facuti pentru fotbal: Dupa Liviu, Gigi, Dorin si Lucian un alt Goian, Claudiu bate la portile fotbalului mare.Goian V va juca la Ceahlaul II si vrea sa ajunga la fel de celebru ca unchiul Dorin" [Made for football: After Liviu, Gigi, Dorin and Lucian another Goian, Claudiu knocks at the gates of the big football.Goian V will play at Ceahlaul II and wants to become as famous as his uncle Dorin] (in Romanian). Newsbucovina.ro. 5 February 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  12. ↑ "Dorin Goian, modelul de seriozitate si bun simt" [Dorin Goian, a model of seriousness and common sense] (in Romanian). Monitorulsv.ro. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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