Cristian Călin Panin (born 9 June 1978) is a former

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n footballer who played as a defender. He is currently the team manager at

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club

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Club career

UTA Arad

Cristan Panin was born on 9 June 1978 in Arad, Romania, beginning his senior career in 1997 at local club

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, helping the team promote to

in the 2001–02 season, a competition in which he made his debut on 18 August 2002 under coach

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in a 2–1 loss against Național București. By the end of the season ''

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'' finished on the 16th place, relegating back

where he spent one more season, before leaving after coach

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wanted to bring new players at the club.

CFR Cluj

During the summer of 2004 he moved to newly

promoted team,

. Under the guidance of coach

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he played nine games in the 2005 Intertoto Cup campaign as CFR got past Vėtra,

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and Žalgiris, the team reaching the final where they were defeated 4–2 on aggregate by

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. In the 2007–08 season he helped CFR win The Double, these being the first trophies in the club's history, being used by coach

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in 28 league matches in which he scored one goal. He spent a total of nine seasons wearing '' The Railway Men's'' shirt and although numerous players, including Swedish international Mikael Dorsin, have attempted to replace him, he still remained a key player for the team, helping the club win another two titles in the 2009–10 and 2011–12 seasons, being used in 29 matches in the first one and in 21 in the second, also helping the club win another two

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and two

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. Panin made his last Liga I appearance on 26 May 2013 in a 3–3 against

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, having a total of 217 games with 5 goals scored in the competition, also he played in nine Champions League group stage matches, including CFR's historic 2–1 victory on

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against

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and appeared in 10

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matches.

International career

Cristian Panin played two games for

, making his debut on 19 November 2008 when coach

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introduced him in the 25th minute to replace George Ogăraru in a friendly against

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which ended with a 2–1 victory. His second game was a 3–1 victory against

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at the

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After retiring

After retiring in 2013, Panin joined the technical staff of

as a team manager. Panin had performed several club functions during his time in staff of the club.

Honours

UTA Arad *

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: 2001–02 CFR Cluj *

: 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12 *

: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 *

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runner-up:

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References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Panin, Cristian 1978 births Living people Footballers from Arad, Romania Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Men's association football defenders CFR Cluj players FC UTA Arad players Liga I players Liga II players Romanian sports executives and administrators