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 (age 44)
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2009

Club career

Cristan Panin was born on 9 June 1978 in Arad, Romania, beginning his senior career in 1997 at local club UTA in Liga II, helping the team promote to Liga I in the 2001–02 season, a competition in which he made his debut on 18 August 2002 under coach Ionuț Popa in a 2–1 loss against Național București.[1][2][3][4] By the end of the season The Old Lady finished on the 16th place, relegating back Liga II where he spent one more season, before leaving after coach Ilie Stan wanted to bring new players at the club.[1][2][3] During the summer of 2004 he moved to newly Liga I promoted team, CFR Cluj where he played 9 games in the 2005 Intertoto Cup when the team reached the final.[1][2][3][5] In the 2007–08 season he helped CFR win The Double, these being the first trophies in the club's history, being used by coach Ioan Andone in 28 league matches in which he scored one goal.[1][6] He spent a total of 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 for the team, helping the club win another two titles in the 2009–10 and 2011–12 seasons, being used in 29 matches in the first one and in 21 in the second one, also helping the club win another two Cupa României and two Supercupa României.[1][6][2][7] Panin made his last Liga I appearance on 26 May 2013 in a 3–3 against Astra Giurgiu, having a total of 217 appearances and 5 goals scored in the competition, also he played in 9 Champions League group stage matches and in 10 Europa League matches.[1][2][8][9][10]

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.[11][12] His second game was a 3–1 victory against Faroe Islands at the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.[11][13]

After retiring

After retiring in 2013, Panin joined the technical staff of CFR Cluj as a team manager.[8] Panin had performed several club functions during his time in staff of the club.

Honours

UTA Arad

• Divizia B: 2001–02[1]

CFR Cluj

• Liga I: 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12[1]
• Cupa României: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10[1][14]
• Supercupa României: 2009, 2010[1]
• UEFA Intertoto Cup runner-up: 2005[5]

References

External links

• Cristian Panin at WorldFootball.net
• Cristian Panin at National-Football-Teams.com
• Cristian Panin at Soccerway

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