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

Florin Lovin
Lovin with 1860 Munich in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-02-11) 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 Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 FCM Bacău 60 (1)
2004–2009 Steaua București 103 (3)
2009 Steaua II București 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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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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

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Steaua București

Astra Giurgiu

References

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  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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