- Bogdan Lobonţ
Football player infobox
playername = Bogdan Lobonţ
fullname = Bogdan Ionuţ Lobonţ
height = height|m=1.84
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1978|1|18
cityofbirth =Hunedoara
countryofbirth =Romania
currentclub =Dinamo Bucureşti
clubnumber = 1
position =Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1995-1997 1997-2000 2000-2005 2001-2002 2006-2007 2007-
clubs = Corvinul HunedoaraRapid Bucureşti Ajax Amsterdam →Dinamo Bucureşti (loan) FiorentinaDinamo Bucureşti
caps(goals) = 40 (0) 80 (0) 49 (0) 22 (0) 17 (0) 46 (0)
nationalyears = 1998-
nationalteam = Romania
nationalcaps(goals) = 70 (0)
pcupdate =May 7 2008
ntupdate =11 October 2008|Bogdan Ionuţ Lobonţ (nickname: "Pisica"/"The Cat") (born
January 18 ,1978 inHunedoara ) is an ethnic romaniangoalkeeper playing forFC Dinamo Bucureşti and the Romanian national team.On
25 March ,2008 he was decorated by the president ofRomânia ,Traian Băsescu for the results on Qualifying to EURO 2008 and qualification toUEFA Euro 2008 Group C with Medalia "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.Club career
Lobonţ first played for hometown
FC Corvinul Hunedoara , and he remained with the team until 1997, when he moved toRapid Bucureşti . He enjoyed success there, and was picked up byAjax Amsterdam in 2000. However, injury and inexperience combined to keep him out of a starting role, and he was loaned toDinamo Bucureşti for 2001-2002.Upon his return to Ajax, though, he was the team's primary goalkeeper. Although he struggled with injuries from time to time, he played well when available in both the Dutch League and the Champions League.
In January 2006, Lobonţ was sold from Ajax to Italian
Serie A clubFiorentina , which was looking for a goalkeeper after the injury ofSebastien Frey . Although he played particularly well, Frey's return meant that he would spend most of the time as a substitute. Because he had also lost his place in the Romanian national team, Lobonţ made a surprise move toDinamo Bucureşti in the winter of 2006 in order to help them winLiga I and qualify for the Champions League.He is known for organizing the defense loudly, communicating a lot with the outfield players and for very predictable press statements.
International career
Lobonţ plays an important part of the Romanian national team, earning over 60 caps, his first in 1998. He was part of his country's Euro 2000 and 2008 squads.
He turned in a particularly strong performance in Romania's group stage game in Euro 2008 against world champions Italy, saving numerous well-placed shots and keeping his team's hopes alive with a 1-1 draw.
External links
* [http://www.bogdanlobont.ro/ Official website]
* [http://www.fcdinamo.ro Dinamo Bucharest's official website]
* [http://www.fcdinamo.net/bogdan_lobont_prezentare.html FCDinamo.net profile]
* [http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/l/lobont.shtml romaniansoccer.ro profile]
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/Players/Player=30754/ UEFA.com profile]
* [http://english.ajax.nl/show/id=120640/dbid=208/typeofpage=1823 Ajax profile]
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