Lucian Goian (born 10 February 1983) is a Romanian professional

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who last played as a

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for

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club

Chennaiyin FC Chennaiyin Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded in August 2014 during the inaugural season o ...

Club career

Born in

Suceava Suceava () is the largest urban settlement and the seat town ( ro, oraș reședință de județ) of Suceava County, situated in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania, and at the crossroads of Central and Eastern Europe. Klaus Pet ...

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, Goian is the younger brother of

Dorin Goian Dorin Nicolae Goian (born 12 December 1980) is a Romanian professional football manager and former football player. He is currently the manager of Liga III side Foresta Suceava. Club career Early years (1997–2005) In 1997, he signed for Fore ...

who also plays as a defender. He started his career beside his brother, at

Foresta Suceava Asociația Club Sportiv Foresta Suceava, commonly known as Foresta Suceava or simply as Foresta, is a professional football club from Romania, based in Suceava, Suceava County and founded in 1946 as Locomotiva Ițcani. Previously, the club cha ...

. He followed in his brother's footsteps, joining Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, but then Dorin arrived in 2005 at

Steaua București Steaua or Steaua București may refer to: * CSA Steaua București, a Romanian multi-sports club * CSA Steaua București (football), the football team of the multi-sports club * Fotbal Club FCSB, a football team that used this name between 2003 ...

, and Lucian joined their greatest rivals,

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. He signed for Dinamo, after scoring against Steaua, when he played for Ceahlăul. He played for five seasons with Dinamo, with a break for a year when he returned at Ceahlăul. He also played 6 matches in the

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for Dinamo. In 2010, he joined

Astra Ploiești Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu (), commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian football club based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as ''Clubul Sportiv Astra-Română'', it spent the ...

, signing a contract for two years. In January 2012, he moved to China, putting pen on paper with

Tianjin Teda Tianjin Jinmen Tiger Football Club is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Tianjin, and their home stadium is ...

. He made his official debut for Tianjin on 25 February, in a 2–1 CFA Super Cup defeat against

Guangzhou Evergrande Guangzhou Football Club, formerly known as Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club, is a professional Chinese football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under the license of the Chinese Football Association. The team is based ...

. He was released by Tianjin at the end of 2012 season. Goian signed a contract with

China League One The Chinese Football Association China League (), also known as China League One or Chinese Jia League (中甲联赛), is the second level of professional football in China. Above League One is the Chinese Super League. Prior to the formation of ...

side Beijing Baxy in February 2013. On 21 March 2017, Goian joined

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club

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...

as a short-term injury replacement. He departed the Glory in May 2017. In July 2017 he rejoined

Mumbai City Mumbai City Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra that competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded in August 2014, during the inaugural season of ...

on a 2-year contract. He had been appointed as the captain of the side for his leadership skills and experience in the league and also one of the experienced member of the side. In August 2019, he joined

on a 1-year deal.

Personal life

He is the younger brother of former professional footballers Gigi,

Liviu Liviu is a Romanian given name deriving from Latin 'Livius'. Liviu may refer to: *Constantin-Liviu Cepoi (born 1969), a Romanian-Moldovan luger *Dorin Liviu Zaharia (1944–1987), Romanian pop musician *Liviu Aron (born 1980) a neuroscientist ...

and Dorin, all of them having played in the Romanian top-division

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

. He also has three sisters. He has a son Luca.

Honours

Dinamo București * Romanian League Championship: 2006–07 *

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: 2004–05 *

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2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris (dwarf planet), Er ...

Ceahlăul *

Romanian Second League The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...

: 2005–06 CFR Cluj *

: 2015–16 Chennaiyin *

: runner-up 2019–20

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goian, Lucian 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Suceava Footballers from Suceava County Romanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players FC Dinamo București players CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț players FC Astra Giurgiu players FC Brașov (1936) players CFR Cluj players Romania men's under-21 international footballers Chinese Super League players Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players China League One players Beijing Sport University F.C. players I-League players A-League Men players Mumbai City FC players Perth Glory FC players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in China Romanian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in India Romanian expatriate sportspeople in India Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Australia