Florin Cernat

Florin Lucian Cernat (born 10 March 1980) is a Romanian international former footballer who played as a midfielder and playmaker. He was known for his excellent passing play, great vision on field, and highly precise free-kicks and exceptional dribbling ability.

Florin Cernat
Cernat playing for Çaykur Rizespor in 2013
Personal information
Full name Florin Lucian Cernat
Date of birth (1980-03-10) 10 March 1980
Place of birth Galați, Romania
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder / Playmaker
Club information
Current team
 Voluntari (sporting director)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Oțelul Galați 36 (5)
2000–2001 Dinamo București 25 (2)
2001–2009 Dynamo Kyiv 130 (31)
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 448 (103)
National team‡
2002–2004 Romania 14 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 November 2002

Club career

Oțelul Galați & Dinamo București

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 2nd 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

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, Serhiy Rebrov to Tottenham Hotspur, and Oleh Luzhny to Arsenal F.C.. 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 Wednesday 24 December 2008, Cernat announced that he has been in Kyiv for 8 years and will leave in the summer.[1]

One of the most notable games for Dynamo occurred in 2004-2005 Champion League season, Group Stage game 2 (28 September 2004) against Bayer Leverkusen. Cernat came off as a substitute and scored 3rd and 4th goals for Dynamo, earning a historical 4–2 victory on Olympiskiy stadium.

Hajduk Split

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 2007-08, 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

In August 2010 he signed a five-year deal with Turkish Süper Lig club Kardemir Karabükspor.

Çaykur Rizespor

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

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]

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.18 February 2004GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus Georgia3–0WinCyprus International Tourn.
2.8 September 2004Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall, Andorra la Vella, Andorra Andorra1–5Win2006 FIFA World Cup Qual.
Correct as of 2 January 2013[4]

Honours

Club

Dinamo București

Dynamo Kyiv

Hajduk Split

Çaykur Rizespor

Voluntari

References
  1. Florin Cernat: Teams from Turkey, Russia and Emirates are interested in me - UkrainianSoccer.net, Accessed 26 December 2008
  2. (in Russian) Чернат возвращается в "Хайдук" (Cernat returns to "Hajduk") - 26 June 2009
  3. Marian Căpăţînă (2014). "Florin Cernat a semnat cu Oţelul Galaţi" (in Romanian). ProSport.
  4. eu-football.info
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