Florin Lucian Cernat (born 10 March 1980) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and playmaker. He made 14 appearances for the Romania national team scoring two goals.
 Cernat playing for Çaykur Rizespor in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Florin Lucian Cernat | ||
| Date of birth | 10 March 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Galați, SR Romania | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, Playmaker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Voluntari (sporting director) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1998 | Oțelul Galați | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Oțelul Galați | 36 | (5) |
| 2000 | Dinamo București | 25 | (2) |
| 2001–2009 | Dynamo Kyiv | 138 | (31) |
| 2001–2004 | → Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 14 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | → Hajduk Split (loan) | 28 | (8) |
| 2009–2010 | Hajduk Split | 25 | (2) |
| 2010–2013 | Kardemir Karabükspor | 68 | (19) |
| 2013–2014 | Çaykur Rizespor | 34 | (11) |
| 2014–2015 | Oțelul Galați | 26 | (6) |
| 2015–2016 | Viitorul Constanța | 17 | (8) |
| 2016–2018 | Voluntari | 59 | (11) |
| Total | 470 | (104) | |
| International career | |||
| 1998 | Romania U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Romania U21 | 12 | (4) |
| 2002–2004 | Romania | 14 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018– | Voluntari (sporting director) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career edit
Oțelul Galați & Dinamo București edit
Florin Cernat started his professional career at Oțelul Galați. In 2000, he was noticed by Dinamo Bucharest.
Dinamo ended up buying him. The rising star was played most of the entire 2000–01 season, appearing for 25 out of 30 league matches. He helped the team finish second in the league and qualify for the UEFA Cup. Cernat also participated in the team's UEFA Champions League 2000-01 campaign, which ended prematurely in the second round.
Dynamo Kyiv edit
During that period, Dynamo Kyiv's coach, Valeriy Lobanovskiy was looking for players to replace the stars that he had recently sold. This included Andriy Shevchenko and Kakha Kaladze to AC Milan, Serhii Rebrov to Tottenham Hotspur, and Oleh Luzhnyi to Arsenal. In July 2001 Cernat transferred to Dynamo Kyiv, where he contributed to the team and won many titles.
Returning from loan to Dynamo, Cernat was rarely able to prove himself under new coach Yuri Semin. On 24 December 2008, Cernat announced that he would leave Kyiv in the summer after 8 years.[1]
One of his most notable games for Dynamo occurred in the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage game 2 (28 September 2004) against Bayer Leverkusen. Cernat came off as a substitute and scored the third and fourth goal for Dynamo in a 4–2 victory at Olympiskiy stadium.
Hajduk Split edit
With new coach Anatoliy Demyanenko in 2005, Florin Cernat came out of favour with the coach and rarely saw the field. For the 2007–08 season, Demyanenko loaned him off to the Croatian Premier League club Hajduk Split for a transfer fee of 312,000 £. There, his team earned second place in the Croatian Cup, losing in the final to Dinamo Zagreb.
After the completion of the Ukrainian Premier League 2008-09 season Cernat signed new deal with his former club Hajduk Split.[2]
Kardemir Karabükspor edit
In August 2010 he signed a five-year deal with Turkish Süper Lig club Kardemir Karabükspor.
Çaykur Rizespor edit
In March 2013, he signed for newcomers Çaykur Rizespor. He immediately was given the number 10 and was awarded the captainship. Cernat helped his side to get promoted to the Süper Lig.
Return to Oțelul edit
In September 2014, Cernat accepted the offer to return to Oțelul Galați, the first club of his career. He signed a contract for a season, with an option to extend the deal for an extra season.[3]
Style of play edit
Cernat was known for his excellent passing play, great vision on field, and highly precise free-kicks and exceptional dribbling ability.[citation needed]
Career statistics edit
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 2002 | 6 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 7 | 2 | |
| Total | 14 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cernat goal.[4]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 February 2004 | GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus |  Georgia |
3–0 | 3–0 | Cyprus International Tournament | |
| 2 | 8 September 2004 | Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella, Andorra |  Andorra |
1–0 | 5–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | [5] |
Honours edit
Dinamo București
Dynamo Kyiv
- Ukrainian Premier League: 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09
- Ukrainian Cup: 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
- Ukrainian Super Cup: 2004, 2006
- Independent States Cup: 2002
Hajduk Split
FC Voluntari
Individual
References edit
- ^ Florin Cernat: Teams from Turkey, Russia and Emirates are interested in me Archived 13 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine - UkrainianSoccer.net, Accessed 26 December 2008
- ^ (in Russian) Чернат возвращается в "Хайдук" (Cernat returns to "Hajduk") - 26 June 2009
- ^ Marian Căpăţînă (2014). "Florin Cernat a semnat cu Oţelul Galaţi" (in Romanian). ProSport.
- ^ a b "Florin Cernat". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ eu-football.info
- ^ "Fotbalistul lunii – Mai 2015" [Player of the Month – May 2015] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. May 2015.
External links edit
- Florin Cernat – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Florin Cernat at National-Football-Teams.com
- Florin Cernat at Soccerway
- Florin Cernat at Nogometni Magazin (in Croatian)
- Florin Cernat at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
