Dorin Goian

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Dorin Goian
File:Goian.jpg
Personal information
Full name	Nicolae Dorin Goian
Date of birth	December 12, 1980 (1980-12-12) (age 28)
Place of birth	Suceava, Romania
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Centre Back
Club information
Current club	Steaua Bucureşti
Number	3
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–1998 1999–2001 1999–2000 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–	Foresta II Fălticeni NC Foresta Suceava → Gloria Buzău (loan) Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ FCM Bacău Steaua Bucureşti	014 00(0) 028 00(2) 019 00(0) 045 00(2) 026 00(2) 104 00(6)
National team2
2005–	Romania	027 00(5)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:41, 10 June 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 1 April 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

Nicolae Dorin Goian (nickname: „Goe”) (born December 12, 1980 in Suceava), is a Romanian football player. He is renowned for scoring a lot of goals even though he is a centre back. He currently plays for Steaua Bucureşti and for the Romanian national football team.

On 25 March 2008 he was decorated by the president of România, Traian Băsescu for the results on Qualifying to EURO 2008 and qualification to UEFA Euro 2008 Group C with Medalia "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class II with two barret.^[1]

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Foresta Fălticeni (1997-01) 1.2 Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt (2002-03) 1.3 FCM Bacău (2003-04) 1.4 Steaua Bucureşti (2004-present) 1.4.1 Transfer Offers 2 International career 2.1 Euro 2008 2.2 International goals 3 Titles 4 Personal and family life 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Club career

[edit] Foresta Fălticeni (1997-01)

• In 1997, aged 17, Goian was signed by Foresta Fălticeni, a football club from Suceava County, where he played for the club's second team. Two years later he was promoted to the first team.

• He made his first appearance in the Divizia A in 2000, when he was 20 years old in a match versus Gloria Bistriţa. It was a happy debut for the young center back, his team won the match with 2-0.
• Foresta Falticeni didn’t manage to keep up the good work, so at the end of the season relegated in the second division and never reached the first division again.

• Despite the lamentable performances of his actual team Foresta that only managed to get the 10th place in the second division, Dorin Goian was remarked by the officials of Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ a small team from the First Romanian Division and he was transferred here at the middle of the season.

• Marin Barbu, the coach that discovered Dorin Goian compared him to Gulliver because of his height. He said that Dorin was a simple and hard-working boy, coming from a modest family and he never had problems with him. He also said that Goian was a model player for the other kids from his generation.

• During his Foresta Fălticeni years he was also loaned to Gloria Buzău for a few months in 2000.

[edit] Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt (2002-03)

• After the season 2003-2004 Ceahlaul has the same faith as Foresta and relegates in the second division, but Dorin Goian is already one of the most hunted center back from the internal competition, so he sings a contract with another small team from the first division FCM Bacău.

• He played for Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ for one year making 45 appearances and scoring 2 goals.

[edit] FCM Bacău (2003-04)

• In 2003 he signed with FCM Bacău and played for Bacau 26 matched while scoring 2 goals. While he was playing here, Dorin Goian was selected for the Romania national football team.

• After a great half of season with FCM Bacău (2004-2005), Goian manages to find a perfect shape to impress Steaua Bucureşti's officials. At the middle of the season Goian makes the jump to one of the most important teams in Romania and his dream begins to take shape.

[edit] Steaua Bucureşti (2004-present)

• Steaua paid $100,000 for Dorin Goian, in the autumn of 2004, after 5 hours of negotiations with Gheorghe Chivorchian, FCM Bacău's owner. Goian signed a 5 year contract with Steaua. From FCM Bacău also came Andrei Cristea, Eugen Baciu and Florin Lovin which were bought by Steaua. At that time, he was said to be a player with great qualities, who could potentially play for the Romania national football team.

• Even though he only played 4 games this season for Steaua, Goian continued to fight for a place in the first 11 and starting with the next season (2005-2006) the young center back managed to win the trust of his coach and implicitly he became one of the irreplaceable players from the team.

• Goian scored his first goal in the UEFA Cup, against Vålerenga for Steaua with a perfect header inside the box.
• He soon became a top scorer for Steaua in the Uefa Cup season 2005-06 after scoring against R.C. Lens, Halmstads BK and also SC Heerenveen.
• He scored his team's second goal in the 2-4 loss away at Middlesbrough FC in the UEFA Cup semifinal, when Steaua were denied qualification in the final by conceding a goal in the 89th minute (they had won the home leg 1-0 and had taken a 2-0 lead in the away game 25 minutes in).

• In the UEFA Champions League 2007-08 season Steaua played against Zagłębie Lubin and BATE Borisov in order to qualify in the group stage. With the help of Goian, who scored against both teams, Steaua managed to qualify in the group stage.
• He would then score again for Steaua against Slavia Prague, but it wasn't enough and Steaua lost the game with 2-1.

• Goian was captain for the first time for Steaua on 24 October 2007 against Sevilla FC when Nicolae Dica, the first captain, was substituted. The match ended 2-1 for Sevilla FC.

• Goian was 50% Steaua's player and also 50% FCM Bacău's player, the team from which he transferred to Steaua. There was a clause in his contract, which said that if he would be sold to a foreign club, Steaua will have to pay FCM Bacău 50% off the transfer fee, but not more than €1 million. Gigi Becali, Steaua's owner, paid €1 million to FCM Bacău and so Goian belongs entirely to Steaua. Becali paid the fee after the match against Slavia Prague in the Uefa Champions League group stage on 16 October 2007.^[2]

• Goian was the most booked player from Steaua in the 2007-08 season in Liga I with 9 yellow cards and one red card.

• On July 1, 2008 Goian started a conflict with chairman Gigi Becali, saying that he wants to leave Steaua before the beginning of the new season, but because of his high transfer fee he cannot leave the club in the near future. He also mentioned that the club's officials are not taking seriously offers for him. Gigi Becali stated that he is the one who choses a player's transfer fee and that Goian will no longer be included in the first eleven in any circumstances. Steaua's owner also specified that he will let Goian go to the first club that gives €3 million for him.^[3]
• However, Becali seems to have realized this was a mistake, and Goian became a certain starter again, as he is one of the most valuable players in the Steaua team.
• On April 04, 2009 Goian was named captain against Gloria Bistrita, as the main captain Sorin Ghionea was injured. Although Petre Marin was the oldest player of the team, couch Marius Lacatus considered that Goian would make a better captain. The match ended with Steaua's victory, Kapetanos scoring the only goal.
• He scored his first goal of the 2008/09 season with a successful penalty against Otelul Galati. The game ended with Steaua's victory by five goals, being their largest win this season so far.

Club	Season	Domestic League		Domestic Cups		Continental games		Total
		App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
FC Steaua Bucureşti
	07-08	23	2	0	0	8	3	33	5
	06-07	28	1	3	0	11	0	42	1
	05-06	23	2	1	0	14	5	38	6
	04-05	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	Total	79	5	4	0	33	8	117	13
	Last updated March 23, 2008

[edit] Transfer Offers

• Borussia Dortmund showed interested in acquiring a center-back and contacted Steaua for Dorin Goian on 17 June 2007. But shortly after, they withdrew and signed with Robert Kovac from Juventus Torino.

• The officials of VfB Stuttgart were impressed by Goian's performance against the Netherlands on 13 October 2007 and were willing to pay €3,8 million for him, but Gigi Becali said that he will not give Goian up for at least €4.5 million. On June 23, 2008 Stuttgart Journal announced that Steaua has lowered the price of the center-back to 3 million. He was watched by Stuttgart officials at Euro 2008, where he played against France and Italy.^[4]

• On 17 October 2007 Le Quotidien stated that Dorin Goian will join Manchester United next winter. Because of the impressive performances made by Goian this season many important clubs were scouting him. After "Goe" scored for Romania against Netherlands in Euro 2008, Gigi Becali raised his price up to €5 million. Manchester United currently have centre backs: Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidić, Mikaël Silvestre and John O'Shea on their books. Adrian Ilie said that "Goian has proved to be a valuable player, he scored decisive goals in Liga I. He has the qualities to play for Manchester United, because he plays in the defensive structure and also scored goals.^[5]

• Another offer came in October 2007 for Goian from Manchester City. Rumour has it that the offer was of €10 million. However this never came to fruition. The Manchester United scouters have watched him during the Romania - Netherlands match, which was won by Romania 1-0 with the only goal scored by Goian. He was also watched by Manchester City in the UEFA Cup semifinal against Middlesbrough, where he would score again.^[6]

• Also Newcastle United had showed interest in the central defender. Tracked by other English and German clubs.^[7]

• Aston Villa were also been linked with a move for Goian in the January 2008 transfer window. Reports in Romania are suggesting Villa are set to sign 6 ft 5 in (2.0 m) for around £5million in the summer of 2008.^[8]

• On 9 May 2008 after being tracked by Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund since last summer, Goian in now watched by Werder Bremen too. The Germans are also waiting for his performance from EURO 2008 in order to see him in a bigger competition than Liga 1 and they will decide then his future. Several ex-football players from Romania stated that he would fit well in the Bundesliga.^[9]

• As of July 2008, he has been linked with a move to Dinamo Kiev.

• On 9 July 2008 Sunderland A.F.C. showed interest in Steaua defender Dorin Goian.He was expected to sign on 12 July 2008 for an undisclosed fee and complement Nyron Nosworthy as first choice centre half.He would have replaced Jonny Evans who has returned to Manchester United after his loan expired last season but Roy Keane was not willing to pay the asking price of more than £3 million.^[10]

• As of June 2009 he has been linked with a move to Panathinaikos F.C..

[edit] International career

• He was selected by Victor Piturca for the Romanian national football team in 16 November 2005 against Nigeria, thus being his first appearance in Romanian national football team.

• As of October 13, 2007, Goian won seventeen caps for Romania, scoring three times. The most important goal scored by him was against Netherlands.

• 75% of the Romanian national football team matches in the Euro 2008 qualifying stages were played with Goian on the field from the first minute.

[edit] Euro 2008

• On Monday June 9, 2008, Goian made his Euro 2008 entrance against the World Cup 2006 finalist France in a Group C match in Zürich, Switzerland. He managed to stop strikers Nicolas Anelka and Karim Benzema, helping Romania win their first point with a goalless draw against France and also gaining his 20th cap.

• The second match in Group C against Italy found Goian once again playing from the first minute on the pitch. Romania managed to draw 1-1 with Italy. After a foul committed in the 73rd minute he took the ball and threw it in the air. The referee gave him a yellow card and Goian will not play in the next game against the Netherlands.

[edit] International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 October 2006	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Belarus	3–1	3–1	UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying
2	12 September 2007	RheinEnergieStadion, Koln, Germany	Germany	1–0	1–3	Friendly
3	13 October 2007	Stadionul Farul, Constanţa, Romania	Netherlands	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying
4	11 October 2008	Stadionul Farul, Constanţa, Romania	France	2–0	2–2	World Cup 2010 Qualifying
5	19 November 2008	Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest, Romania	Georgia	2–1	2–1	Friendly

[edit] Titles

Season	Club	Title
2004-2005	FC Steaua Bucureşti	Divizia A
2005-2006	FC Steaua Bucureşti	Divizia A
2005-2006	FC Steaua Bucureşti	Supercupa României

[edit] Personal and family life

• On 23 October 2006 he became a father for the first time. His wife, Nadia, gave birth to a girl, who they named Maya Maria.

• Dorin's brother, Lucian, is also a professional footballer who plays for Dinamo Bucureşti, Steaua's famous rivals.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Dorin Goian's profile - SteauaFC.com (Romanian)
• Dorin Goian's career - RomanianSoccer.ro (English)
• Dorin Goian's profile - UEFA.com (English)
• Dorin Goian's Steaua career - FcSteaua.ro (Romanian)
• Dorin Goian's Fan Site - DorinGoian.info (Romanian)

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