Florin Cernat
 Cernat playing for Çaykur Rizespor | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Florin Lucian Cernat | ||
| Date of birth | 10 March 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Galaţi, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder / Playmaker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Çaykur Rizespor | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1998–2000 | Oţelul Galaţi | 36 | (5) |
| 2000–2001 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 25 | (2) |
| 2001–2009 | Dynamo Kyiv | 130 | (31) |
| 2007–2008 | → Hajduk Split (loan) | 28 | (8) |
| 2009–2010 | Hajduk Split | 25 | (2) |
| 2010–2013 | Karabükspor | 68 | (19) |
| 2013– | Çaykur Rizespor | 27 | (11) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002–2004 | Romania | 14 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Florin Lucian Cernat (born 10 March 1980 in Galaţi) is a Romanian football midfielder and playmaker.[1] He is known for his excellent passing play, great vision on field, and highly precise free-kicks and dribbling.
Club career
Dinamo Bucharest
Florin Cernat started his professional career at Oţelul Galaţi. In 2000 he was noticed by Romanian giants, Dinamo Bucharest.
Dinamo ended up buying him. The rising star was played most of the entire 2000-01 season, appearing for 25 out of 30 league matches. He helped the team finish 2nd in the league and qualify for the UEFA Cup. Cernat also participated in the team's UEFA Champions League 2000-01 campaign, which ended prematurely in the second round.
Dynamo Kyiv
During that period, Dynamo Kyiv's coach, Valeriy Lobanovskiy was looking for players to replace the stars that he had recently sold. This included Andriy Shevchenko and Kakha Kaladze to AC Milan, Serhiy Rebrov to Tottenham Hotspur, and Oleh Luzhny to Arsenal F.C.. In July 2001 Cernat transferred to Dynamo Kyiv, where he contributed to the team and won many titles.
Returning from loan to Dynamo, Cernat was rarely able to prove himself under new coach Yuri Semin. On Wednesday 24 December 2008, Cernat announced that he has been in Kyiv for 8 years and will leave in the summer.[2]
One of the most notable games for Dynamo occurred in 2004-2005 Champion League season, Group Stage game 2 (28 September 2004) against Bayer Leverkusen. Cernat came off as a substitute and scored 3rd and 4th goals for Dynamo, earning a historical 4-2 victory on Olympiskiy stadium.
Hajduk Split
With new coach Anatoliy Demyanenko in 2005, Florin Cernat came out of favour with the coach and rarely saw the field. For the 2007-08 season, Demyanenko loaned him off to the Croatian Premier League club Hajduk Split for a transfer fee of 312,000 £.[1] There, his team earned second place in the Croatian Cup 2007-08, losing in the final to Dinamo Zagreb.
After the completion of the Ukrainian Premier League 2008-09 season Cernat signed new deal with his former club Hajduk Split.[3]
Karabükspor
In August 2010 he signed a five-year deal with Turkish club Karabükspor.
Çaykur Rizespor
In March 2013 he signed for newcomers Çaykur Rizespor. He immediately was given the number 10 and was awarded the captainship. At Rize he's still known as one of the footballers with great vision on the field. With Çaykur Rizespor he's battling against relegation in the Turkish Süper Lig.
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 18 February 2004 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus |  Georgia | 3-0 | Win | Cyprus International Tourn. | |||||
| 2. | 8 September 2004 | Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella, Andorra |  Andorra | 1-5 | Win | 2006 FIFA World Cup Qual. | |||||
| Correct as of 2 January 2013[4] | |||||||||||
Honours
Club
- Çaykur Rizespor
- TFF First League: 2012–13
- Dinamo București
- Romanian Cup: 2000–01
- Dynamo Kyiv
- Ukrainian League: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07
- Ukrainian Cup: 2002-03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
- Ukrainian Super Cup: 2004, 2006, 2007
- Independent States Cup: 2002
- Hajduk Split
- Croatian Cup: 2009–10
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Transfermarkt.co.uk - Accessed 26 December 2008
- ↑ Florin Cernat: Teams from Turkey, Russia and Emirates are interested in me - UkrainianSoccer.net, Accessed 26 December 2008
- ↑ (Russian) Чернат возвращается в "Хайдук" (Cernat returns to "Hajduk") - 26 June 2009
- ↑ eu-football.info
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Florin Cernat. |
- Florin Cernat at UEFA.com
- Florin Cernat at National-Football-Teams.com
- Florin Cernat at Nogometni Magazin (Croatian)
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