Liviu Goian

Liviu Goian
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-11-18) 18 November 1965[1]
Place of birth Dej, Romania[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Central defender / Defensive midfielder[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1991 CSM Suceava[a] 20 (0)
1991–1993 FC Bacău 33 (0)
1993–2000 Debrecen 200 (7)
1995 → Bucovina Suceava (loan) 11 (0)
Total 264 (7)
International career
1986 Romania B 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Liviu Goian (born 18 November 1965) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a defender.[2][3]

Club career

Goian was born on 18 November 1965 in Dej, Romania, and began playing senior-level football in 1981, aged 15 at CSM Suceava in the Romanian lower leagues.[1][4] He helped the team earn promotion to Divizia A in 1987, making his debut in the competition on 23 August in a 3–1 home victory against FCM Brașov.[1][4] However, Suceava was relegated after only one season, but Goian remained with the team for three more seasons in Divizia B.[1] In 1991, he returned to Divizia A football, joining FC Bacău.[1][4] On 21 March 1993 he made his last appearance in the Romanian first league in Bacău's 2–2 draw against Brașov, having a total of 53 matches in the competition.[1][4]

In 1993, he went abroad to Hungarian side, Debrecen where he was teammates with fellow Romanians Nicolae Ilea, Radu Sabo, Emil Răducu and Cornel Cașolțan.[1][3][4][5][6] Goian made his Nemzeti Bajnokság I debut on 14 August 1993 under coach Lajos Garamvölgyi in a 2–1 victory with Videoton in which he scored a goal.[1][3][4][5] He played seven games in the 1998 Intertoto Cup campaign as the team got past Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev, Hradec Králové and Hansa Rostock, reaching the semi-finals where they were defeated by Ruch Chorzów.[1][7] Goian won the first trophy of his career when coach Garamvölgyi used him the entire match in the 2–1 win over Tatabánya in the 1998–99 Magyar Kupa final.[4][8] In the following season he played in both legs of the 3–2 aggregate loss to VfL Wolfsburg in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup first round.[1][3][9] Goian made his last Hungarian league appearance, playing for Debrecen on 27 May 2000 in a 3–1 home win over MTK Budapest.[1][5]

International career

In 1986, Goian played two games for Romania B against Italy and the Soviet Union.[4]

After retirement

After ending his playing career, he worked as a sports agent, served as president at SC Bacău and became a businessman.[10]

Personal life

Goian's brothers Gigi, Lucian and Dorin were also professional footballers, all of them having played in the Romanian top-division Divizia A.[11] He also has three sisters.[12]

Honours

CSM Suceava

Debrecen

Notes

  1. ^ The statistics for the 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89 and 1989–90 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Liviu Goian at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ Liviu Goian at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ a b c d "Liviu Goian profile" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Liviu Goian, unul dintre cei mai apreciați fotbaliști români în Ungaria!" [Liviu Goian, one of the most popular Romanian footballers in Hungary!] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  5. ^ a b c "Debreceni Vasutas SC - Videoton-Waltham FC 2 : 1" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Mi lett a Loki egykori román focistáival?" [What happened to the former Romanian soccer players of Loki?] (in Hungarian). Haon.hu. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
    "Cașolțan: "În vară vreau să vin acasă"" [Cașolțan: "In the summer I want to come home"] (in Romanian). Tribuna.ro. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Liviu Goian. UI-Cup 1998". WorldFootball. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Debreceni VSC-Epona - Lombard FC Tatabánya 2 : 1" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Liviu Goian. UEFA Cup 1999/2000". WorldFootball. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  10. ^ "Momente dificile în familia Goian. A fost reținut de Poliție!" [Difficult times in the Goian family. He was detained by the police!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
    "L-a salvat pe Romeo Stavarache? Liviu Goian ar fi intervenit pentru ca primarul Bacăului să nu se sinucidă" [Did he save Romeo Stavarache? Liviu Goian would have intervened so that the mayor of Bacau would not commit suicide] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
    "Liviu Goian, președintele SC Bacău, reținut de procurorii DNA împreună cu primarul Stavarache" [Liviu Goian, president of SC Bacău, arrested by DNA prosecutors together with Mayor Stavarache] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Goian s-a apucat de fotbal pentru a scapa de saracie" [Goian became a footballer to get away from poverty] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 15 October 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
    "Facuti pentru fotbal: Dupa Liviu, Gigi, Dorin si Lucian un alt Goian, Claudiu bate la portile fotbalului mare.Goian V va juca la Ceahlaul II si vrea sa ajunga la fel de celebru ca unchiul Dorin" [Made for football: After Liviu, Gigi, Dorin and Lucian another Goian, Claudiu knocks at the gates of the big football.Goian V will play at Ceahlaul II and wants to become as famous as his uncle Dorin] (in Romanian). Newsbucovina.ro. 5 February 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Dorin Goian, modelul de seriozitate si bun simt" [Dorin Goian, a model of seriousness and common sense] (in Romanian). Monitorulsv.ro. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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