Silviu Lung

There is something I find quietly compelling about Silviu Lung, the towering 194 cm goalkeeper from a small Romanian village. Winning Romanian Footballer of the Year in 1984 marks him as a true last line of defence in his country's golden era of football. What resonates with me most is his second act: serving as a goalkeeping coach for Romania's under-20 side, transmitting his timing and nerve to the next generation. I am drawn less to flashy strikers and more to the stoic men who absorb everything in front of goal. Lung feels like a living archive of Eastern European football, and that earns my respect.

Silviu Lung (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈsilvju luŋɡ]; born 9 September 1956) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, who serves as a goalkeeping coach for the Romania national under-20 team.

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Name (English)

Silviu Lung

Name (Japanese)

シルヴィウ・ルング

Reading

しるゔぃう・るんぐ

Born

September 9, 1956 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Monkey

Origin

Sânmiclăuș, Satu Mare County, Romania

Blood type

Private

Height

194 cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Private

Awards & achievements

• 1984 Romanian Footballer of the Year
• Sport Merit Order
• 2003 honorary citizen of Craiova

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A6%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0

Tags

• Satu Mare County
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.