Florin Lovin

Florin Lovin
	Lovin with 1860 Munich in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth	11 February 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Piatra Neamţ, Romania
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
0000–2001	Rafinăria Dărmăneşti
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2004	FCM Bacău
2004–2009	Steaua București
2009	Steaua II București
2009–2011	1860 Munich
2011	Kerkyra
2012	Kapfenberg
2012–2014	Mattersburg
2014	Oțelul Galați
2014–2015	Concordia Chiajna
2015–2017	Astra Giurgiu
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club career

Lovin played for FCM Bacău between 2001 and 2005, prior to joining Steaua București. He made his Divizia A debut on 25 May 2002 in the FCM Bacău 2–1 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 București 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 Greuther Fürth's Youssef Mokhtari. He suffered a ligament break, which kept him off the field for half a year. After completing 26 matches for the 1860 Munich during the 2010–11 season,^[3] his contract was terminated.

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

Honours

Steaua București

Astra Giurgiu

References

^ "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.
^ "Lovin, Florin" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
^ "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.

External links

Florin Lovin at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Florin Lovin at Soccerway

[gsp.ro-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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