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Bogdan Lobonț
Personal information
Lobonț with Romania in 2014
Full name	Bogdan Ionuț Lobonț
Date of birth	(1978-01-18) 18 January 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Hunedoara, Romania
Height	1.84 m
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Rapid București (GK coach)
Youth career
1988–1995	Corvinul Hunedoara
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1995–1997	Corvinul Hunedoara	40	(0)
1997–1999	Rapid București	80	(0)
2000–2006	Ajax	49	(0)
2002	→ Dinamo București (loan)	22	(0)
2006–2007	Fiorentina	17	(0)
2007–2010	Dinamo București	71	(0)
2009–2010	→ Roma (loan)	2	(0)
2010–2018	Roma	20	(0)
Total		301	(0)
National team
1997–1998	Romania U21	10	(0)
1998–2018	Romania	86	(0)
Teams managed
2018–2019	Universitatea Cluj
2019	Romania (assistant)
2020–2021	Roma (scout)
2021–2022	Romania U20
2023–	Rapid București (GK coach)
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Bogdan Ionuț Lobonț (Romanian pronunciation: [boɡˈdan joˈnut͡s lobont͡s]; born 18 January 1978) is a Romanian professional football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. Currently he is the goalkeeping coach at Rapid București.

He amassed 87 appearances for the Romania national team between 1998 and 2018, representing the country in two European Championships. He was popularly nicknamed Pisica ("The Cat") in Romania, due to his quick reflexes and relative small body frame for a goalkeeper.

Club career
- Early career
- Ajax
- Fiorentina
- Roma
International career
Career statistics
- Club
- International
Managerial statistics
Honours
See also

Club career

Early career

Lobonț began his career with hometown club Corvinul Hunedoara in the Romanian Divizia B. He remained with the team until 1997, when he moved to Divizia A club Rapid București. Lobonț enjoyed success there, winning the 1998–99 league title.

Ajax

In the summer of 2000, Lobonț was transferred by Dutch club AFC Ajax, for a fee of €3 million. Injury and inexperience, however, kept him out of the starting team, and he was loaned to Dinamo București for the remainder 2001–02 season.

Upon his return to Ajax, he became the team's primary goalkeeper. Although Lobonț struggled with occasional injuries, he played well when healthy in both the Eredivisie and the UEFA Champions League.

Fiorentina

In January 2006, Lobonț was sold from Ajax to Italian Serie A club ACF Fiorentina, which needed a goalkeeper after the injury of starting goalkeeper Sébastien 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 on the Romania national team, Lobonț made a surprise move back to Dinamo București in January 2007 and helped the club win the Liga I.

Roma

On 31 August 2009, Italian Serie A team A.S. Roma signed Lobonț in a co-ownership deal from Dinamo, with an option for the club to buy him outright at the end of the season, for a fee of €1.5 million. He made his first appearance for the Giallorossi on 4 October, coming off the bench after 23 minutes in a game against Napoli. On 4 March 2012, he came on against Lazio because of Stekelenburg's red card. Because of starter Maarten Stekelenburg's injury, he was the temporary first goalkeeper in seven matches in the 2011–12 season.

On 1 July 2013, Lobonț signed a new three-year contract with Roma which would keep him at the club until 2016. Even though he had not featured in an Roma match for about four years, in 2016 he extended his contract with the team yet again, making Roma the last team of his playing career.

International career

Lobonț training for Dinamo București in 2007

Lobonț was part of Romania national team's UEFA Euro 2000 and Euro 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 tournament hopes alive with a draw of 1–1.

Lobonț played an important part for the national team, earning over 80 caps, starting from 1998. In May 2014, after fifteen years of service, he announced his retirement from the Romania national team, citing his age as an important factor. In September 2017, after coach Christoph Daum's sacking, he was called to be part of the national squad in the final two matches of the World Cup 2018 qualification stage.

He retired from professional football on 5 June 2018, earning his final cap for Romania in a 2–0 friendly win against Finland at the Ilie Oană Stadium in Ploiești.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Corvinul Hunedoara	1995–96	Divizia B	6	0	0	0	–		–		6	0
	1996–97	Divizia B	34	0	0	0	–		–		24	2
	Total		40	0	0	0	–		–		40	0
Rapid București	1997–98	Divizia A	33	0	1	0	–		–		34	0
	1998–99		31	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	35	0
	1999–00		16	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	18	0
	Total		80	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	87	0
Ajax	1999–00	Eredivisie	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	2000–01		1	0	0	0	0	0	–		1	0
	2001–02		0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	2002–03		17	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	26	0
	2003–04		24	0	1	0	7	0	–		32	0
	2004–05		7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	0
	2005–06		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		49	0	4	0	15	0	0	0	68	0
Dinamo București (loan)	2001–02	Divizia A	22	0	1	0	–		–		23	0
Fiorentina	2005–06	Serie A	17	0	–		–		–		17	0
	2006–07	Serie A	0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	Total		17	0	0	0	–		–		17	0
Dinamo București	2006–07	Liga I	14	0	–		2	0	–		16	0
	2007–08		32	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	38	0
	2008–09		25	0	0	0	2	0	–		18	0
	Total		71	0	1	0	8	0	1	0	81	0
Roma (loan)	2009–10	Serie A	2	0	0	0	1	0	–		3	0
Roma	2010–11		6	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	10	0
	2011–12		9	0	0	0	0	0	–		9	0
	2012–13		5	0	1	0	–		–		6	0
	2013–14		0	0	0	0	–		–		0	0
	2014–15		0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	2015–16		0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	2016–17		0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	2017–18		0	0	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
	Total		22	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	28	0
Career total			301	0	9	0	31	0	3	0	344	0

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps
Romania	1998	1
	1999	5
	2000	8
	2001	3
	2002	3
	2003	9
	2004	7
	2005	8
	2006	6
	2007	11
	2008	10
	2009	3
	2010	4
	2011	0
	2012	4
	2013	3
	2018	1
Total		86

Managerial statistics

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Universitatea Cluj	8 November 2018	14 June 2019	&&&&&&&&&&&&&019.&&&&&019	&&&&&&&&&&&&&013.&&&&&013	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&04.&&&&&04	&&&&&&&&&&&&&039.&&&&&039	&&&&&&&&&&&&&013.&&&&&013	+26	&&&&&&&&&&&&&068.42000068.42
Romania U20	10 August 2021	30 June 2022	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&08.&&&&&08	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&00.&&&&&00	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&05.&&&&&05	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&08.&&&&&08	&&&&&&&&&&&&&027.&&&&&027	−19	&&&&&&&&&&&&&037.50000037.50
Total			&&&&&&&&&&&&&027.&&&&&027	&&&&&&&&&&&&&016.&&&&&016	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&09.&&&&&09	&&&&&&&&&&&&&047.&&&&&047	&&&&&&&&&&&&&040.&&&&&040	+7	&&&&&&&&&&&&&059.26000059.26

Honours

Rapid București

Divizia A: 1998–99
Cupa României: 1997–98
Supercupa României: 1999

Ajax

Eredivisie: 2003–04
Johan Cruyff Shield: 2002, 2005, 2006

Dinamo București

Liga I: 2001–02, 2006–07
Cupa României runner-up: 2001–02
Supercupa României runner-up: 2007

Roma

Coppa Italia runner-up: 2009–10, 2012–13
Supercoppa Italiana runner-up: 2010

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