.jpg) Lung withUniversitatea Craiova in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1989-06-04)4 June 1989 (age 36) | ||
| Place of birth | Craiova, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Universitatea Craiova | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2008 | FC Universitatea Craiova | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2011 | FC Universitatea Craiova | 58 | (0) |
| 2011–2017 | Astra Giurgiu | 161 | (0) |
| 2017–2022 | Kayserispor | 125 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Al-Raed | 27 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Politehnica Iași | 22 | (0) |
| 2024– | Universitatea Craiova | 8 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009–2011 | Romania U21 | 19 | (0) |
| 2010–2019 | Romania | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 November 2019 | |||
Silviu Lung (born 4 June 1989) is a Romanian professionalfootballer who plays as agoalkeeper forLiga I clubUniversitatea Craiova.
He played his first match forRomania in 2010, being used by coachRăzvan Lucescu to replaceBogdan Lobonț in the last seven minutes of a friendly match againstHonduras which ended with a 3–0 victory.[1][2] His second game was a 1–1 againstAlbania at theEuro 2012 qualifiers and his last game was 2–1 loss againstAlgeria in a friendly.[1][3][4] He was an unused member atEuro 2016.
Lung was the national team's third-choice goalkeeper, behindCiprian Tătărușanu andCostel Pantilimon. His last call-up came in November 2019. In 2020, he announced his international retirement, having not played for the national team since 2014. He made a total of three international appearances between 2010 and 2014.[1][5]
Lung'sfather and older brotherTiberiu were also professional footballers.[6]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Universitatea Craiova | 2005–06 | Divizia B | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2006–07 | Liga I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2007–08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2008–09 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2009–10 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 0 | ||||
| 2010–11 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 58 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 62 | 0 | ||||
| Astra Giurgiu | 2011–12 | Liga I | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 1 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8[b] | 0 | – | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10[b] | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12[d] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Total | 161 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 215 | 0 | ||
| Kayserispor | 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 125 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 132 | 0 | ||||
| Al-Raed | 2022–23 | Saudi Pro League | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 0 | ||
| Politehnica Iași | 2023–24 | Liga I | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 0 | ||
| Universitatea Craiova | 2024–25 | Liga I | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | |
| 2025–26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 27 | 0 | |||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 401 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 472 | 0 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | |||
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
Universitatea Craiova
Astra Giurgiu[7]
Kayserispor[7]
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