Liviu Goian

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*
Years	Team	Apps	(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)
Total		264	(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]}

Club career

Liviu Goian was born on 18 November 1965 in Dej, Romania, starting to play 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 relegated after only one season, Goian staying with it for three more seasons in Divizia B. ^[1] In 1991, he returned to Divizia A football as he went to play for FC Bacău where on 21 March 1993 he would make his last appearance in the Romanian first league in a 2–2 with Brașov, having a total of 53 matches in the competition. ^{[1] [4]}

In 1993, he went abroad to Hungarian side, Debrecen where he was teammate with fellow Romanians Nicolae Ilea, Radu Sabo, Emil Răducu and Cornel Cașolțan, making 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] [6] [7]} 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] [8]} Goian won the first trophy of his career when coach Garamvölgyi used him all the minutes in the 2–1 win over Tatabánya from the 1998–99 Magyar Kupa final. ^{[4] [9]} In the following season he played in both legs of the 3–2 aggregate loss in front of VfL Wolfsburg from the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup first round. ^{[1] [3] [10]} Goian made his last Hungarian league appearance, playing for Debrecen on 27 May 2000 in a 3–1 home win over MTK Budapest. ^{[1] [9]}

International career

In 1986, Liviu 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, president at SC Bacău and became a businessman. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Personal life

Liviu's brothers Gigi, Lucian and Dorin were also professional footballers, all of them having played in the Romanian top-division Divizia A. ^{[14] [15]} He also has three sisters. ^[16]

Honours

CSM Suceava

• Divizia B: 1986–87 ^[1]

Debrecen

• Magyar Kupa: 1998–99 ^{[1] [9]}

Notes

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

References

1. Liviu Goian at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
2. Liviu Goian at WorldFootball.net
3. "Liviu Goian profile" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
4. "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. "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.
7. "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.
8. "Liviu Goian. UI-Cup 1998". WorldFootball. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
9. "Debreceni VSC-Epona - Lombard FC Tatabánya 2 : 1" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
10. "Liviu Goian. UEFA Cup 1999/2000". WorldFootball. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
11. "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.
12. "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.
13. "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.
14. "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.
15. "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.
16. "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.