Silviu Lung Jr.

Silviu Lung
	Lung with Astra Giurgiu in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	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
2006–2011	FC Universitatea Craiova
2011–2017	Astra Giurgiu
2017–2022	Kayserispor
2022–2023	Al-Raed
2023–2024	Politehnica Iași
2024–	CS Universitatea Craiova
International career‡
2009–2011	Romania U21
2010–2019	Romania
	*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

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

^ ^a ^b ^c "Silviu Lung jr". European Football. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ "Honduras - Romania 0:3". European Football. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^ "Albania - Romania 1:1". European Football. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^ "Algeria - Romania 2:1". European Football. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b 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)

[EU-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.

[prosport-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.

[SW-7] Silviu Lung Jr. at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

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