Srdjan Luchin

Srdjan Luchin (Serbian: Срђан Лукин, romanized: Srđan Lukin; born 4 March 1986) is a Romanian former professional footballer, who played mainly as a center back, but also as a right back.^[1]

Srdjan Luchin

Personal information
Date of birth	(1986-03-04) 4 March 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth	Variaș, Romania
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Dumbrăvița (youth coach)
Youth career
0000–1998	Steaua Roșie Variaș
1999–2001	LPS Banatul Timișoara
2001–2003	Sporting Pitești
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2004	FC Baia Mare	21	(1)
2004–2006	Olimpia Satu Mare	10	(0)
2006–2007	Politehnica II Timișoara	38	(4)
2006–2011	Politehnica Timișoara	88	(5)
2011–2013	Dinamo București	66	(2)
2014	Botev Plovdiv	14	(1)
2014–2015	Steaua București	9	(0)
2015	ACS Poli Timișoara	17	(3)
2016–2017	Levski Sofia	23	(0)
2017–2018	CFR Cluj	3	(0)
2018	Viitorul Constanța	13	(1)
2019	Dunărea Călărași	19	(1)
2019–2020	Hermannstadt	23	(0)
2020–2021	Universitatea Cluj	20	(0)
Total		364	(18)
International career
2008–2009	Romania U21	4	(0)
2011–2014	Romania	11	(1)
Managerial career
2022	ASU Politehnica Timișoara (youth)
2022–2023	ASU Politehnica Timișoara (assistant)
2023	Timișul Șag (assistant)
2023–2024	Timișul Șag
2024–	Dumbrăvița (youth)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Politehnica Timișoara

Luchin made his Liga I debut in 2007 against Dinamo București, the game ended 1–1.^[2]

Dinamo București

Dinamo București announced the transfer of Luchin in August 2011. The player signed a contract for 5 years with the club.^[3] Manager Liviu Ciobotariu introduced Luchin immediately in the first squad as right defender. He scored his first goal for Dinamo in a Romanian Cup game against Luceafărul Oradea. Luchin was chosen man of the match for his performance.^[4]

Botev Plovdiv

Luchin arrived in Botev Plovdiv on 11 January 2014, signing a contract for two and a half years with the club.^[5][6]

Steaua București

On 5 August 2014, Luchin signed a two-year contract with Steaua București.^[7]

Levski Sofia

Luchin signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Levski Sofia in January 2016.^[8] His contract was not renewed and he left the club in May 2017.^[9]

International career

Luchin played 11 matches and scored one goal for Romania, making his international debut on 10 August 2011, when he came as a substitute and replaced Bănel Nicoliță in the 80th minute of a friendly which ended with a 1–0 victory against San Marino.^[10][11][12] He played in two matches at the Euro 2012 qualifiers against France which ended 0–0 and in a 1–1 in Tirana, against Albania, in which he scored his only goal for the national team, thus becoming the first player of Serbian descent since 2008 to score a goal against the Albanian team.^{[10][13][14][15]} Luchin's last appearance for the national team was on 18 November 2014 in a friendly which ended with a 2–0 victory against Denmark.^[10][16]

Personal life

Luchin was born in a family of Serbian ethnicity in the village of Variaș, Timiș County.^[17]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[2][18]

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Baia Mare	2003–04	Divizia B	21	1	—		—		—		—		21	1
Olimpia Satu Mare	2004–05	Divizia B	6	0	—		—		—		—		6	0
	2005–06	Divizia B	4	0	—		—		—		—		4	0
	Total		10	0	—		—		—		—		10	0
Poli II Timișoara	2006–07	Liga II	24	2	3	1	—		—		—		27	3
	2007–08	Liga II	14	2	—		—		—		—		14	2
	Total		38	4	3	1	—		—		—		41	5
Politehnica Timișoara	2006–07	Liga I	2	0	0	0	—		—		—		2	0
	2007–08	Liga I	15	1	0	0	—		—		—		15	1
	2008–09	Liga I	23	1	5	0	—		2[c]	0	—		30	1
	2009–10	Liga I	19	1	1	0	—		—		—		20	1
	2010–11	Liga I	27	2	3	0	—		3[c]	0	—		33	2
	2011–12	Liga I	2	0	1	0	—		—		—		3	0
	Total		88	5	10	0	–		5	0	—		103	5
Dinamo București	2011–12	Liga I	24	0	6	2	—		—		—		30	2
	2012–13	Liga I	29	1	3	0	—		2[c]	0	1[d]	0	35	1
	2013–14	Liga I	13	1	2	0	—		—		—		15	1
	Total		66	2	11	2	—		2	0	1	0	80	4
Botev Plovdiv	2013–14	A PFG	12	1	5	0	—		—		—		17	1
	2014–15	A PFG	2	0	0	0	—		2[c]	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		14	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	21	1
Steaua București	2014–15	Liga I	9	0	4	0	3	0	1[c]	0	0	0	17	0
ACS Poli Timișoara	2015–16	Liga I	17	3	2	0	1	0	—		—		20	3
Levski Sofia	2015–16	A PFG	11	0	0	0	—		—		—		11	0
	2016–17	A PFG	12	0	0	0	—		—		—		12	0
	Total		23	0	0	0	—		—		—		23	0
CFR Cluj	2017–18	Liga I	3	0	1	0	—		—		—		4	0
Viitorul Constanța	2018–19	Liga I	13	1	2	0	—		1[c]	0	—		16	1
Dunărea Călărași	2018–19	Liga I	19	1	0	0	—		—		—		19	1
Hermannstadt	2019–20	Liga I	23	0	2	0	—		—		—		25	0
Universitatea Cluj	2021–21	Liga II	20	0	2	0	—		—		—		22	0
Career total			364	18	42	3	4	0	11	0	1	0	422	21

1. Includes Cupa României, Bulgarian Cup
2. Includes Cupa Ligii
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
4. Appearance in Supercupa României

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Romania
	2011	4	1
	2012	1	0
	2013	2	0
	2014	3	0
Total		10	1

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Luchin goal.

List of international goals scored by Srdjan Luchin

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 October 2011	Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania	Albania	1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Honours

Politehnica Timișoara

• Cupa României runner-up: 2006–07, 2008–09

Dinamo București

• Cupa României: 2011–12^[18]
• Supercupa României: 2012^[18]

Botev Plovdiv

• Bulgarian Cup runner-up: 2013–14

Steaua București

• Liga I: 2014–15^[18]
• Cupa României: 2014–15^[18]
• Cupa Ligii: 2014-15^[18]

CFR Cluj

• Liga I: 2017–18^[18]