Silviu Lung Jr.

Silviu Lung
Lung with Astra Giurgiu in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-06-04) 4 June 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Craiova, Romania
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Universitatea Craiova
Number 33
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.

International career

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]

Personal life

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

Career statistics

International

[1]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Romania
2010 1 0
2011 1 0
2014 1 0
Total 3 0

Honours

FC Universitatea Craiova

Astra Giurgiu[7]

Kayserispor[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b Silviu Lung Jr. at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 July 2022.