Silviu Lung Jr.

Silviu Lung

Lung with Astra Giurgiu in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1989-06-04) 4 June 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth	Craiova, Romania
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Universitatea Craiova
Number	1
Youth career
0000–2008	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–	Universitatea Craiova	8	(0)
International career‡
2009–2011	Romania U21	19	(0)
2010–2019	Romania	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals 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.

International career

He played his first match for Romania in 2010, being used by coach Răzvan Lucescu to replace Bogdan Lobonț in the last seven 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.

Lung was the national team's third-choice goalkeeper, behind Ciprian Tătărușanu and Costel Pantilimon. His last call-up came in November 2019. In 2020, he announced his international retirement, having not played for the national team since 2014. He made a total of three international appearances between 2010 and 2014. ^{[1] [5]}

Personal life

Lung's father and older brother Tiberiu were also professional footballers. ^[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 August 2025 ^[7]

Club	Season	League			National Cup [a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Universitatea Craiova	2005–06	Divizia B	1	0	–		–		–		1	0
	2006–07	Liga I	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	2007–08		2	0	0	0	–		–		2	0
	2008–09		3	0	1	0	–		–		4	0
	2009–10		29	0	1	0	–		–		30	0
	2010–11		23	0	2	0	–		–		25	0
	Total		58	0	4	0	–		–		62	0
Astra Giurgiu	2011–12	Liga I	29	0	1	0	–		–		30	0
	2012–13		29	0	4	0	–		–		33	1
	2013–14		18	0	6	0	8 [b]	0	–		32	0
	2014–15		31	0	0	0	10 [b]	0	3 [c]	0	44	0
	2015–16		27	0	1	0	6 [b]	0	0	0	34	0
	2016–17		27	0	2	0	12 [d]	0	1 [e]	0	42	0
	Total		161	0	14	0	36	0	4	0	215	0
Kayserispor	2017–18	Süper Lig	29	0	1	0	–		–		30	0
	2018–19		29	0	2	0	–		–		31	0
	2019–20		29	0	1	0	–		–		30	0
	2020–21		8	0	0	0	–		–		8	0
	2021–22		30	0	3	0	–		–		33	0
	Total		125	0	7	0	–		–		132	0
Al-Raed	2022–23	Saudi Pro League	27	0	1	0	–		–		28	0
Politehnica Iași	2023–24	Liga I	22	0	1	0	–		–		23	0
Universitatea Craiova	2024–25	Liga I	3	0	4	0	0	0	–		7	0
	2025–26		5	0	0	0	0	0	–		27	0
	Total		8	0	4	0	0	0	–		12	0
Career total			401	0	31	0	36	0	4	0	472	0

1. Includes Cupa României, Turkish Cup, King's Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. One appearance in Supercupa României, two appearances in Cupa Ligii
4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, ten appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. Appearance in Supercupa României

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year ^[1]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Romania
	2010	1	0
	2011	1	0
	2014	1	0
Total		3	0

Honours

Universitatea Craiova

• Divizia B: 2005–06

Astra Giurgiu ^[7]

• Liga I: 2015–16
• Cupa României: 2013–14; runner-up: 2016–17
• Supercupa României: 2014, 2016

Kayserispor ^[7]

• Turkish Cup runner-up: 2021–22

References

1. "Silviu Lung jr". European Football. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
2. "Honduras - Romania 0:3". European Football. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
3. "Albania - Romania 1:1". European Football. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
4. "Algeria - Romania 2:1". European Football. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
5. "Un jucător se retrage de la echipa națională după 11 ani: "Voi rămâne cu inima aproape de cea mai frumoasă echipă din lume"" [One player retires from the national team after 11 years: "I will stay close to the most beautiful team in the world"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
6. "Tibi Lung îşi înlocuieşte tatăl şi va fi antrenorul fratelui său la Craiova" [Tibi Lung replaced his father and his brother will be in Craiova coach]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 7 July 2011.
7. Silviu Lung Jr. at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

External links

• Silviu Lung Jr. – UEFA competition record ( archive ) 
• Silviu Lung Jr. at National-Football-Teams.com
• Silviu Lung Jr. at Soccerway
• Silviu Lung Jr. at WorldFootball.net
• Silviu Lung Jr. at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)