Bogdan Lobonţ

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Bogdan Lobonţ
Personal information
Full name	Bogdan Ionuţ Lobonţ
Date of birth	January 18, 1978 (1978-01-18) (age 30)
Place of birth	Hunedoara, Romania
Height	1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Dinamo Bucureşti
Number	1
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-1997 1997-2000 2000-2005 2002-2003 2006-2007 2007-	Corvinul Hunedoara Rapid Bucureşti Ajax Amsterdam →Dinamo Bucureşti (loan) Fiorentina Dinamo Bucureşti	40 (0) 80 (0) 49 (0) 22 (0) 17 (0) 35 (0)
National team2
1998-	Romania	64 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 January 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Bogdan Ionuţ Lobonţ (born January 18, 1978 in Hunedoara) is a goalkeeper for FC Dinamo Bucureşti and the Romanian national team.

[edit] Club career

Lobonţ first played for hometown FC Corvinul Hunedoara, and he remained with the team until 1997, when he moved to Rapid Bucureşti. He enjoyed success there, and was picked up by Ajax Amsterdam in 2000. However, injury and inexperience combined to keep him out of a starting role, and he was loaned to Dinamo Bucureşti for 2002-2003.

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 club Fiorentina, which was looking for a goalkeeper after the injury of Sebastien 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 to Dinamo Bucureşti in the winter of 2006 in order to help them win Liga I and qualify for the Champions League.

[edit] 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.

[edit] External links

• Lobonţ's official website
• Dinamo Bucharest's official website
• FCDinamo.net profile
• romaniansoccer.ro profile
• UEFA.com profile
• Ajax profile

v • d • e Romania squad - UEFA Euro 2000 1 Lobonţ • 2 Petrescu • 3 Ciobotariu • 4 Filipescu • 5 Gâlcă • 6 Popescu • 7 Mutu • 8 Munteanu • 9 Moldovan • 10 Hagi • 11 Ilie • 12 Stelea • 13 Chivu • 14 Petre • 15 Lupescu • 16 Roşu • 17 Belodedici • 18 Ganea • 19 Lincar • 20 Hîldan • 21 Prunea • 22 Contra • Coach: Jenei

v • d • e Romania squad - UEFA Euro 2008 1 Lobonţ • 2 Contra • 3 Raţ • 4 Tamaş • 5 Chivu • 6 Rădoi • 7 Petre • 8 Codrea • 9 Marica • 10 Mutu • 11 Cociş • 12 Popa • 13 Săpunaru • 14 Ghionea • 15 Goian • 16 Nicoliţă • 17 Moţi • 18 M. Niculae • 19 Cristea • 20 Dică • 21 D. Niculae • 22 Radu • 23 Stăncioiu • Coach: Piţurcă