Cristian Panin

Cristian Călin Panin (born 9 June 1978) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a right back or left back. He is currently the team manager at CFR Cluj.

Cristian Panin
Panin lining up before a Champions League match against Chelsea in 2008.
Personal information
Full name Cristian Călin Panin
Date of birth (1978-06-09) 9 June 1978
Place of birth Arad, Romania
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right back / Left back
Club information
Current team
 CFR Cluj (team manager)
Youth career
0000–1997 UTA Arad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2004 UTA Arad 195 (6)
2004–2013 CFR Cluj 193 (5)
Total 388 (11)
National team‡
2008–2009 Romania 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 May 2013
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2009

Club career

UTA Arad

Panin began his career at UTA Arad, spending seven seasons at the senior squad of The Old Lady, six in the second league and one in the first league.[1]

CFR Cluj

During the summer of 2004 he moved to CFR Cluj.[1] Panin played 9 games in the 2005 Intertoto Cup when the team reached the final.[1][2] He spent 9 seasons wearing the Feroviarii's shirt and although numerous players, including Swedish international Mikael Dorsin, have attempted to replace him, he still remained a key player in CFR Cluj's first team.[3] Panin helped CFR Cluj win three Liga I titles, three Cupa României, two Supercupa României, as well as appearing in 9 Champions League matches and in 10 Europa League matches.[1][4]

International career

Cristian Panin played two games for Romania, making his debut on 19 November 2008 when coach Victor Pițurcă introduced him in the 25th minute to replace George Ogăraru in a friendly against Georgia which ended with a 2–1 victory.[5][6] His second game was a 3–1 victory against Faroe Islands at the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.[5][7]

After retiring

After retiring in 2013, Panin joined the technical staff of CFR Cluj as a team manager.[4] Panin had performed several club functions during his time in staff of the club.

Honours

UTA Arad

CFR Cluj

References
  1. Cristian Panin at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  2. "Nu-i totul pierdut" [Not all is lost] (in Romanian). Gds.ro. 11 August 2005. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  3. "Revoluție de stânga" [Revolution on the left] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 9 March 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  4. "Panin se retrage și va prelua funcția de team-manager al celor de la CFR Cluj" [Panin retires and will take over the position of team-manager of those from CFR Cluj] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  5. "Cristian Panin". European Football. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  6. "Romania 2-1 Georgia". European Football. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  7. "Romania 3-1 Faroe Islands". European Football. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  8. "Announcement" (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
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