Florin Lovin

Florin Lovin (born 11 February 1982) is a retired Romanian footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.

Florin Lovin
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-02-11) 11 February 1982
Place of birth Piatra Neamţ, Romania
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
0000–2001 Rafinăria Dărmăneşti
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 FCM Bacău 60 (1)
2004–2009 Steaua Bucureşti 103 (3)
2009 Steaua II Bucureşti 2 (0)
2009–2011 1860 Munich 26 (0)
2011 Kerkyra 9 (0)
2012 Kapfenberg 15 (0)
2012–2014 Mattersburg 50 (3)
2014 Oțelul Galați 14 (1)
2014–2015 Concordia Chiajna 20 (0)
2015–2017 Astra Giurgiu 51 (0)
Total 350 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2017

Club career

Lovin also played for FCM Bacău between 2001 and 2005, prior to joining Steaua Bucureşti. He made his Divizia A debut on 25 May 2002 in the FCM Bacău 1–2 defeat at FC National. As of 1 January 2008, he played 132 games in Liga I scoring three goals.

On 7 July 2008, Steaua's coach Marius Lăcătuş sent Lovin to Steaua II Bucureşti for the indiscipline during training. Steaua's board have announced that Lovin has been transfer-listed. On 8 July 2008 Gigi Becali said that he would not let Lovin go for less than €800 000. On 23 July 2008, Steaua's coach called him back to first team. In 2009–10, Lovin was demoted to the B squad[1] again. On 20 July 2009, Lovin was transferred to TSV 1860 Munich.[2]

On 12 September 2009, Lovin suffered a serious injury during a clash with Youssef Mokhtari in the TSV 1860 Munich-Greuther Fürth match. He suffered a ligament break, which kept him off the field for half a year. After 26 matches for 1860 the contract was terminated after the 2010–11 season.[3]

He signed a three-year contract with Greek Super League side Kerkyra in July 2011 but his contract terminated in December 2011.

Honours
Steaua Bucureşti
Astra Giurgiu

References
  1. "Dayro Moreno, Semedo, Pleşan, Lovin şi Pedriel au fost trecuţi la echipa a II-a pe site-ul oficial al Stelei" (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  2. "Lovin, Florin" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  3. "Vertragsauflösung: Löwen und Lovin trennen sich einvernehmlich" (in German). TSV 1860 München. 15 May 2011. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
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