Silviu Lung Jr.

Silviu Lung (born 4 June 1989) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish club Kayserispor.

Silviu Lung
Lung training for Astra Giurgiu in 2015
Personal information
Full name Silviu Lung[1]
Date of birth (1989-06-04) 4 June 1989
Place of birth Craiova, Romania
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Kayserispor
Number 33
Youth career
2004–2007 Universitatea Craiova
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2011 Universitatea Craiova 57 (0)
2011–2017 Astra Giurgiu 164 (0)
2017– Kayserispor 123 (0)
National team‡
2007–2011 Romania U21 19 (0)
2010–2016 Romania 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

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.[2][3] 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.[2][4][5] He was an unused member at Euro 2016. In 2020 he announced his international retirement, after having no caps in the last 6 years.[6]

International statistics
As of 11 October 2020.[2]
Romania
YearAppsGoals
201010
201110
201410
Total30

Personal life

He is the son of Silviu Lung and younger brother of Tiberiu Lung.[7]

Honours

Astra Giurgiu

References
  1. "Silviu Lung". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. "Silviu Lung Jr". European Football. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. "Honduras - Romania 0:3". European Football. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. "Albania - Romania 1:1". European Football. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. "Algeria - Romania 2:1". European Football. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  6. "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.
  7. "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.
  8. Silviu Lung Jr. at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com


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