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![]() Lung with Astra Giurgiu in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 June 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Craiova, Romania | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Universitatea Craiova | ||
Number | 51 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2007 | FC Universitatea Craiova | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2011 | FC Universitatea Craiova | 58 | (0) |
2011–2017 | Astra Giurgiu | 161 | (0) |
2017–2022 | Kayserispor | 125 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Al-Raed | 27 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Politehnica Iași | 22 | (0) |
2024– | CS Universitatea Craiova | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2009–2011 | Romania U21 | 19 | (0) |
2010–2019 | Romania | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2019 |
Silviu Lung (born 4 June 1989) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga I club Universitatea Craiova.
He played his first match for Romania in 2010, being used by coach Răzvan Lucescu to replace Bogdan Lobonț in the last 7 minutes of a friendly match against Honduras which ended with a 3–0 victory. [1] [2] His second game was a 1–1 against Albania at the Euro 2012 qualifiers and his last game was 2–1 loss against Algeria in a friendly. [1] [3] [4] He was an unused member at Euro 2016. In 2020 he announced his international retirement, after having no caps in the last 6 years. [5]
Lung's father and older brother Tiberiu were also professional footballers. [6]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Romania | |||
2010 | 1 | 0 | |
2011 | 1 | 0 | |
2014 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 3 | 0 |
FC Universitatea Craiova
Astra Giurgiu [7]
Kayserispor [7]
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