Florin Lovin (born 11 February 1982) is a Romanian former professional

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who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Lovin played for

FCM Bacău Asociația Sportivă a Suporterilor FCM 1950 Bacău, commonly known as ASS FCM 1950 Bacău, FCM 1950 Bacău or simply as FCM Bacău, is a Romanian football club based in Bacău, Bacău County. Founded in 1950 as ''Dinamo Bacău'', the club fro ...

between 2001 and 2005, prior to joining

Steaua București Steaua or Steaua București may refer to: * CSA Steaua București, a Romanian multi-sports club * CSA Steaua București (football), the football team of the multi-sports club * Fotbal Club FCSB, a football team that used this name between 2003 ...

. He made his

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debut on 25 May 2002 in the

1–2 defeat at

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. As of 1 January 2008, he played 132 games in

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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

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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 again. On 20 July 2009, Lovin was transferred to

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. On 12 September 2009, Lovin suffered a serious injury during a clash with

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in the TSV 1860 Munich-Greuther Fürth match. He suffered a ligament break, which kept him off the field for half a year. After completing 26 matches for the TSV 1860 during the 2010–11 season, his contract was terminated. He signed a three-year contract with

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side

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in July 2011 but his contract terminated in December 2011.

Honours

Steaua București *

: 2004–05, 2005–06 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României ( en, Romanian Supercup) is a Romanian football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994 ...

: 2006 Astra Giurgiu *

: 2015–16 *

: 2016

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lovin, Florin 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Piatra Neamț Romanian footballers Association football midfielders Liga I players FCM Bacău players FC Steaua București players CS Concordia Chiajna players FC Astra Giurgiu players Liga II players FC Steaua II București players 2. Bundesliga players TSV 1860 Munich players Super League Greece players A.O. Kerkyra players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Kapfenberger SV players SV Mattersburg players Romanian expatriate footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate footballers in Greece Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate footballers in Austria