Srdjan Luchin (Serbian: Срђан Лукин, romanizedSrđan Lukin; born 4 March 1986) is a former Romanian professional footballer, who played mainly as a center back, but also as a right back.[1]

Srdjan Luchin
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-03-04) 4 March 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Variaș, Romania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
0000–1998 Steaua Roșie Variaș
1999–2001 LPS Banatul Timișoara
2001–2003 Sporting Pitești
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 FC Baia Mare 21 (1)
2004–2006 Olimpia Satu Mare 10 (0)
2006–2007 Politehnica II Timișoara 38 (4)
2006–2011 Politehnica Timișoara 88 (5)
2011–2013 Dinamo București 66 (2)
2014 Botev Plovdiv 14 (1)
2014–2015 Steaua București 9 (0)
2015 ACS Poli Timișoara 17 (3)
2016–2017 Levski Sofia 23 (0)
2017–2018 CFR Cluj 3 (0)
2018 Viitorul Constanța 13 (1)
2019 Dunărea Călărași 19 (1)
2019–2020 Hermannstadt 23 (0)
2020–2021 Universitatea Cluj 20 (0)
Total 364 (18)
International career
2008–2009 Romania U21 4 (0)
2011–2014 Romania 11 (1)
Managerial career
2022 ASU Politehnica Timișoara (youth)
2022–2023 ASU Politehnica Timișoara (assistant)
2023– Timișul Șag (assistant)
2023–2024 Timișul Șag
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Politehnica Timișoara

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Luchin made his Liga I debut in 2007 against Dinamo București, the game ended 1–1.[2]

Dinamo București

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Dinamo București announced the transfer of Luchin in August 2011. The player signed a contract for 5 years with the club.[3] Manager Liviu Ciobotariu introduced Luchin immediately in the first squad as right defender. He scored his first goal for Dinamo in a Romanian Cup game against Luceafărul Oradea. Luchin was chosen man of the match for his performance.[4]

Botev Plovdiv

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Luchin arrived in Botev Plovdiv on 11 January 2014, signing a contract for two and a half years with the club.[5][6]

Steaua București

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On 5 August 2014, Luchin signed a two-year contract with Steaua București.[7]

Levski Sofia

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Luchin signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Levski Sofia in January 2016.[8] His contract was not renewed and he left the club in May 2017.[9]

Personal life

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Luchin was born in a family of Serbian ethnicity in the village of Variaș, Timiș County.[10]

Career statistics

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Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Baia Mare 2003–04 21 1 21 1
Olimpia Satu Mare 2004–05 6 0 6 0
2005–06 4 0 4 0
Total 10 0 10 0
Poli II Timișoara 2006–07 24 2 3 1 27 3
2007–08 14 2 14 2
Total 38 4 3 1 41 5
Politehnica Timișoara 2006–07 2 0 0 0 2 0
2007–08 15 1 0 0 15 1
2008–09 23 1 5 0 2 0 30 1
2009–10 19 1 1 0 20 1
2010–11 27 2 3 0 3 0 33 2
2011–12 2 0 1 0 3 0
Total 88 5 10 0 5 0 103 5
Dinamo București 2011–12 24 0 6 2 30 2
2012–13 29 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 35 1
2013–14 13 1 2 0 15 1
Total 66 2 11 2 2 0 1 0 80 4
Botev Plovdiv 2013–14 12 1 5 0 17 1
2014–15 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0
Total 14 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 21 1
Steaua București 2014–15 9 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 17 0
ACS Poli Timișoara 2015–16 17 3 2 0 1 0 20 3
Levski Sofia 2015–16 11 0 0 0 11 0
2016–17 12 0 0 0 12 0
Total 23 0 0 0 23 0
CFR Cluj 2017–18 3 0 1 0 4 0
Viitorul Constanța 2018–19 13 1 2 0 1 0 16 1
Dunărea Călărași 2018–19 19 1 0 0 19 1
Hermannstadt 2019–20 23 0 2 0 25 0
Universitatea Cluj 2021–21 20 0 2 0 22 0
Career total 364 18 42 3 4 0 11 0 1 0 422 21

International career

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Luchin played 11 matches and scored one goal for Romania, making his international debut on 10 August 2011, when he came as a substitute and replaced Bănel Nicoliță in the 80th minute of a friendly which ended with a 1–0 victory against San Marino.[12][13][14] He played in two matches at the Euro 2012 qualifiers against France which ended 0–0 and in a 1–1 in Tirana, against Albania, in which he scored his only goal for the national team, thus becoming the first player of Serbian descent since 2008 to score a goal against the Albanian team.[12][15][16][17] Luchin's last appearance for the national team was on 18 November 2014 in a friendly which ended with a 2–0 victory against Denmark.[12][18]

International stats

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Romania
2011 4 1
2012 1 0
2013 2 0
2014 3 0
Total 10 1

International goals

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# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 October 2011 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania   Albania 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Honours

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Politehnica Timișoara

Dinamo București

Botev Plovdiv

Steaua București

CFR Cluj

References

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  1. ^ Încă o lovitură dată de ”U” Cluj. Ardelenii mai aduc un fundaș cu nume după Gabi Tamaș, pe Srdjan Luchin. liga2.prosport.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b Srdjan Luchin at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  3. ^ "Srdjan Luchin la Dinamo". fcdinamo.ro (in Romanian). 31 August 2011. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Luchin a fost desemnat omul meciului cu Luceafărul, dar rămîne modest". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 23 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Luchin, transferat la gruparea Botev Plovdiv" (in Romanian). Mediafax. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Ботев с двоен трансфер, привлече футболисти от Динамо (Букурещ)" (in Bulgarian). PFC Botev Plovdiv Official Club Website. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Srgian Luchin este jucătorul Stelei" (in Romanian). Digisport. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Сърджан Лукин подписа договор с "Левски" за година и половина". sportal.bg (in Bulgarian). 13 January 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Сърджан Лукин: От сърце пожелавам на Левски да стане шампион" (in Bulgarian). levski.bg. 20 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "DEZVĂLUIRI! Stelistul ce nu primea MÎNCARE în weekend". fanatik.ro (in Romanian). 12 August 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g Srdjan Luchin at Soccerway
  12. ^ a b c "Srdjan Luchin". European Football. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  13. ^ "San Marino - Romania 0:1". European Football. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Luchin debutează la naţională cu bagajele făcute de la Poli". Mihai Comşulea (in Romanian). 11 August 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  15. ^ "Romania - France 0:0". European Football. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Albania - Romania 1:1". European Football. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Srgian Luchin: "Sunt mandru de primul meu gol la echipa nationala"". sport.bzi.ro (in Romanian). 12 October 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  18. ^ "Romania - Denmark 2:0". European Football. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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