Silviu Lung Jr.
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.jpg) Lung with Universitatea Craiova in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 June 1989 | ||
| 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) |
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* 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 professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga I club Universitatea Craiova.
He played his first match for Romania in 2010, being used by coach Răzvan Lucescu to replace Bogdan Lobonț in the last seven minutes of a friendly match against Honduras which ended with a 3–0 victory.[1][2] 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.[1][3][4] He was an unused member at Euro 2016.
Lung was the national team's third-choice goalkeeper, behind Ciprian Tătărușanu and Costel 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]
