Silviu Lung
![]() Silviu Lung lining up for Romania in 1989 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 September 1956 | ||
Place of birth | Sânmiclăuş, Satu Mare, Romania | ||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1971–1974 | Victoria Carei | 42 | (0) |
1974–1988 | Universitatea Craiova | 308 | (0) |
1988–1990 | Steaua Bucureşti | 49 | (0) |
1990–1991 | Logroñés | 9 | (0) |
1991–1993 | Electroputere Craiova | 35 | (0) |
1993–1994 | FCU Craiova | 26 | (0) |
Total | 469 | (0) | |
International career | |||
1979–1993 | Romania | 77 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1994 | FCU Craiova (assistant) | ||
1994 | Olympique de Casablanca | ||
1995 | Național București (assistant) | ||
1995 | Minerul Motru | ||
1996–1997 | Minerul Motru | ||
1997–1999 | FCU Craiova (assistant) | ||
2000–2002 | Nagoya Grampus (assistant) | ||
2003–2006 | FCU Craiova (GK coach) | ||
2008–2009 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu (GK coach) | ||
2009–2010 | Astra Ploiești (GK coach) | ||
2010 | FCU Craiova (GK coach) | ||
2010 | CFR Cluj (GK coach) | ||
2012 | Astra Ploiești (GK coach) | ||
2013–2016 | Universitatea Craiova (GK coach) | ||
2016 | Concordia Chiajna (GK coach) | ||
2017–2018 | Filiași | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Silviu Lung (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈsilvju luŋɡ]; born 9 September 1956) is a retired Romanian football goalkeeper and current manager.
Playing career
Club career
He was born in Sânmiclăuş, Satu Mare and debuted in Divizia A with Universitatea Craiova in 1974. He played fourteen seasons with Universitatea, winning two league titles. In 1988, he joined Steaua Bucureşti and won another league title the first season. He played in the 1988/89 European Cup Final against AC Milan, when Steaua lost 4–0. He also played abroad, in Spanish team CD Logroñés. He returned to Universitatea in 1992/93 and retired in 1994.
International career
Lung was capped 77 times for Romania between 1979 and 1993, and represented his country at Euro 1984 and the 1990 FIFA World Cup, where he was captain in all four matches.[1]
Coaching career
After retirement he began his coach career and for over 20 years was the assistant coach or goalkeeping coach for clubs like: FCU Craiova, Național București, Nagoya Grampus, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Astra Ploiești, CFR Cluj, Universitatea Craiova or Concordia Chiajna. Between 1995 and 1997 he was the head coach of Minerul Motru and earlier in 1994, of Olympique de Casablanca, these were his only jobs as a head coach, until December 2017, when he was announced as the new head coach of Liga III side, CSO Filiași.[2][3]
Personal life
Silviu Lung has two son goalkeepers: Tiberiu, who is currently a goalkeeping coach and last time played for Mpumalanga Black Aces in the Premier Soccer League, having also played for FCU Craiova or Steaua București and Silviu Jr., who plays for Turkish side Kayserispor.[4] Both of them have played for Romania at senior level. In January 2014, Silviu Lung was involved in a car accident which killed the driver of the other vehicle. Silviu was hospitalized with moderate injuries.
References
- ^ "European Football". Silviu Lung. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ Silviu Lung senior va fi antrenor principal după două decenii. ”Îmi doream de mai mult timp şi îmi era şi dor să revin în circuit”. Echipa pe care o preia va avea în 2018 un nou stadion. liga2.prosport.ro
- ^ "Silviu Lung". Fotbalisti Romani. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "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.
External links
Media related to Silviu Lung at Wikimedia Commons
- Silviu Lung at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Silviu Lung at WorldFootball.net
- Silviu Lung at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1956 births
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- Association football goalkeepers
- CD Logroñés footballers
- CS Universitatea Craiova players
- Expatriate football managers in Morocco
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- FC Steaua București players
- FC U Craiova 1948 players
- La Liga players
- Liga I players
- Liga II players
- Living people
- People from Satu Mare County
- Romania international footballers
- Romanian expatriate football managers
- Romanian expatriate footballers
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Morocco
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Romanian football managers
- Romanian footballers
- UEFA Euro 1984 players
- Romanian football goalkeeper stubs