Cristian Florin Ianu (born 16 October 1983 in

Timișoara Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is consider ...

) is a

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Club career

In 2003, he went to Switzerland to join

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, along with former

UT Arad Asociația Fotbal Club UTA Arad (), commonly known as UTA Arad or simply UTA (''Uzina Textilă Arad''; ), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Arad, Arad County that competes in the Liga I. The team was founded in 1945 ...

teammate Adrian Piţ, leaving four years later to join

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, where he is contracted until June 2009. On 10 May 2009

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announced that they had signed the Romanian forward from

on a contract until 2012. Ianu moved to

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in July 2009. Ianu scored 21 goals in his first season with FC Luzern. He was voted the 'player of the season' by the club' supporters. Despite his strong performances and media calls for his debut in the national team, he has so far been ignored by Romania national team manager

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. Ianu was also voted the player of the year in an online fans poll by JustCantBeatThat.com, FCL's fansite in English. Ianu was presented with the award at a pre-season friendly against FC St Gallen. Ianu suffered a serious leg injury in Luzern's 4–1 victory away at

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which has ruled him out of much of the 2010-11 campaign. In 2012, he was transferred to

FC Sion Football Club Sion, commonly known as simply FC Sion or Sion, is a Swiss Association football, football club from the city of Sion, Switzerland, Sion. The club was founded in 1909 and play their home matches at the Stade Tourbillon. They have wo ...

until June 2014, scoring 2 goals in this season. In 2012/2013 season he was on loan to Wohlen where scored 10 goals. In 2013/2014 season, after the loan period, he returned to

. In 2014, he was transferred to

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International

In 2001, he played for the

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U19 team at the

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Honours

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ianu, Cristian 1983 births Living people Footballers from Timișoara Romanian men's footballers Men's association football forwards FC UTA Arad players AC Bellinzona players FC Aarau players FC Luzern players FC Sion players FC Wohlen players FC Lausanne-Sport players FC Schaffhausen players Liga I players Swiss Super League players Swiss Challenge League players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland 21st-century Romanian sportsmen