Tiberiu Adrian Lung (born 24 December 1978) is a

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n former professional

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who played as a

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. After retirement he started his coaching career, as a

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International career

Tiberiu Lung played his only game for

on 3 March 1999 when coach

Victor Pițurcă Victor Pițurcă (; born 8 May 1956) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player. Club career Victor Pițurcă was born on 8 May 1956 in Orodel, Dolj County, Romania, starting to play football in 1964 at the youth center of U ...

introduced him in the 89th minute to replace

Bogdan Lobonț Bogdan Ionuț Lobonț (; born 18 January 1978) is a Romanian professional football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper, currently technical director at Liga III club CSM Olimpia Satu Mare. He amassed 86 appearances for the Rom ...

in a friendly which ended with a 2–0 victory against

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Personal life

He is the son of

Silviu Lung Silviu Lung (; born 9 September 1956) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, who serves as a goalkeeping coach for Romania U20. Club career Lung was born on 9 September 1956 in Sânmiclăuș, Satu Mare County, Romania and ...

and older brother of Silviu Lung Jr.

Honours

Steaua București *

Divizia A Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

: 2000–01 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României () is a Romanian football (soccer), football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994 Supe ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

Pandurii Târgu Jiu *

Divizia B The Liga 2, most commonly 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 football season. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariu ...

: 2004–05

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* * 1978 births Living people Footballers from Craiova Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Liga I players Liga II players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players FC U Craiova 1948 players FCSB players CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu players Ayia Napa FC players Onisilos Sotira players Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C. players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Romanian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa {{Romania-footy-goalkeeper-stub