Cristian Călin Panin (born 9 June 1978) is a retired

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n footballer who played as a

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left back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

. He is currently the team manager at

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Club career

Cristan Panin was born on 9 June 1978 in Arad, Romania, beginning his senior career in 1997 at local club UTA in

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, helping the team promote to

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in the 2001–02 season, a competition in which he made his debut on 18 August 2002 under coach

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in a 2–1 loss against Național București. By the end of the season ''

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'' finished on the 16th place, relegating back

where he spent one more season, before leaving after coach

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wanted to bring new players at the club. During the summer of 2004 he moved to newly

promoted team,

where he played 9 games in the 2005 Intertoto Cup when the team reached the final. In the 2007–08 season he helped CFR win The Double, these being the first trophies in the club's history, being used by coach

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in 28 league matches in which he scored one goal. He spent a total of 9 seasons wearing the '' Feroviarii's'' shirt and although numerous players, including Swedish international

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, have attempted to replace him, he still remained a key player for the team, helping the club win another two titles in the 2009–10 and 2011–12 seasons, being used in 29 matches in the first one and in 21 in the second one, also helping the club win another two Cupa României and two Supercupa României. Panin made his last

appearance on 26 May 2013 in a 3–3 against

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, having a total of 217 appearances and 5 goals scored in the competition, also he played in 9 Champions League group stage matches and in 10

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matches.

International career

Cristian Panin played two games for

, making his debut on 19 November 2008 when coach

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introduced him in the 25th minute to replace

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in a friendly against

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which ended with a 2–1 victory. His second game was a 3–1 victory against

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at the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.

After retiring

After retiring in 2013, Panin joined the technical staff of

as a team manager. Panin had performed several club functions during his time in staff of the club.

Honours

UTA Arad *

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: 2001–02 CFR Cluj *

: 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12 * Cupa României: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 * Supercupa României:

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runner-up:

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References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Panin, Cristian 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Arad, Romania Romanian footballers Romania international footballers Association football defenders CFR Cluj players FC UTA Arad players Liga I players Liga II players