Lucian Gruin (31 October 1913 – 12 May 1994) was a Romanian

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who played as a striker.

Club career

Gruin was born on 31 October 1913 in Temesvár,

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(now Romania), starting to play football in 1932 at local club, Dacia. Three years later he went to play for

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where he made his

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debut on 16 September 1934 in a 6–5 victory against Ripensia Timișoara. One year later he switched teams again, going at Venus București. He won the championship with Venus in the 1936–37 season, coach Ferenc Plattkó giving him 22 appearances in which he scored 10 goals. Afterwards he played in the first match of a Romanian team in a European competition, scoring once in the 6–4 loss to

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in the first leg from the first round of the 1937 Mitropa Cup. On 13 March 1938, Gruin made his last Divizia A appearance in a 1–0 home loss to Ripensia, having a total of 76 matches with 27 goals netted in the competition. He ended his career in 1941 after spending the last years of his career in the Romanian lower leagues, playing for Luceafărul București and Arsenal București.

International career

Gruin played one match in which he scored a goal for

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when coach Constantin Rădulescu used him in a 2–2 against

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at the 1935 Balkan Cup.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Lucian Gruin goal.''

Death

Gruin died on 12 May 1994 at age 80.

Honours

Venus București *

: 1936–37

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gruin, Lucian 1913 births 1994 deaths Footballers from Timișoara Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Place of birth missing Men's association football forwards Liga I players Liga II players Chinezul Timișoara players FC Venus București players 20th-century Romanian sportsmen