Ion Ionuț Luțu (born 3 August 1975) is a Romanian former professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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. He was compared to
Gheorghe Hagi
Gheorghe Hagi (; born 5 February 1965) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who is currently the owner of Liga I club Farul Constanța. Deployed as an attacking midfielder, Hagi was considered one of the best players in ...
, being nicknamed "the Little Hagi" or "Hagi-Luțu".
He was known for his fine dribbling and technique, as well as spectacular finishing, but also for his inconsistency.
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International career
Ionuț Luțu played his only game for Romania
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on 3 March 1999 when coach Victor Pițurcă
Victor Pițurcă (; born 8 May 1956) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player.
Club career
Victor Pițurcă was born on 8 May 1956 in Orodel, Dolj County, Romania, starting to play football in 1964 at the youth center of U ...
introduced him in the 61st minute to replace Laurențiu Roșu
Laurențiu Dumitru Roșu (born 26 October 1975) is a Romanian football manager and former player.
After four seasons at Steaua București, he spent nine years as a professional in Spain – eight in the two major divisions, where he amassed ...
in a friendly which ended with a 2–0 victory against Estonia
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.
Honours
Galatasaray
* Turkish First League: 1997–98
Steaua București
*Cupa României
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: 1998–99[
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
*]AFC Champions League
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: 2000–01, 2001–02[
*]Asian Super Cup
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The competition started in 1995, but came to an end in 2002 after both major AFC tournaments were merged i ...
: 2002
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*]Korean FA Cup
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: 2002
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[
*]Korean Super Cup
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: 2000[
*]Korean League Cup
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Sponsorship
Results Finals
Titles by club
K League's principle of official statistics is tha ...
: 2000
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, 2001
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Rapid București
*]Romanian Supercup
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**Romanians, an ethnic group
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: 2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater.
In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
Demographic ...
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Alro Slatina
*]Liga III
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: 2009–10[
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References
External links
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Detailed interview
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lutu, Ion
1975 births
Living people
Footballers from Slatina, Romania
Men's association football midfielders
Romanian men's footballers
Romanian expatriate men's footballers
Romania men's international footballers
Romania men's youth international footballers
Romania men's under-21 international footballers
FC Progresul București players
FC U Craiova 1948 players
Galatasaray S.K. footballers
FCSB players
Suwon Samsung Bluewings players
FC Rapid București players
Apollon Limassol FC players
FC Kairat players
CSM Jiul Petroșani players
CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu players
Liga I players
Liga II players
Liga III players
Süper Lig players
K League 1 players
Kazakhstan Premier League players
Cypriot First Division players
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus