Ion Ionuț Luțu
Ion Ionuţ Luţu (born 3 August 1975) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. His previous clubs include FC Kairat and FC Zhetysu in Kazakhstan, Apollon Limassol in Cyprus, Suwon Samsung Bluewings in South Korea, Progresul București, Universitatea Craiova, Steaua București, Rapid București, Pandurii and Jiul Petroşani. He was nicknamed "the Little Hagi or Hagi-Luţu". He was known for his fine dribbling and technique, as well as spectacular finishing, but also for his inconsistency.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ion Ionuţ Luţu | ||
| Date of birth | 3 August 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Slatina, Olt County, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1996 | Progresul București | 62 | (6) |
| 1996–1998 | Universitatea Craiova | 47 | (23) |
| 1998 | Galatasaray | 3 | (0) |
| 1999 | Universitatea Craiova | 17 | (6) |
| 1999–2000 | Steaua București | 36 | (3) |
| 2000 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 19 | (2) |
| 2000–2001 | Progresul București | 8 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 18 | (4) |
| 2002–2003 | Universitatea Craiova | 26 | (7) |
| 2003 | Rapid București | 7 | (0) |
| 2004 | Apollon Limassol | 4 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Universitatea Craiova | 35 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | Kairat | 20 | (4) |
| 2007–2008 | Universitatea Craiova | 17 | (2) |
| 2008 | Zhetysu | 8 | (1) |
| 2009 | Pandurii Targu Jiu | 7 | (0) |
| 2009 | Jiul Petroşani | 8 | (1) |
| 2010 | Alro Slatina | ||
| 2010–2011 | Al-Jazeera Amman | ||
| Total | 342 | (63) | |
| National team | |||
| 1994–1998 | Romania U21 | 28 | (15) |
| 1999 | Romania | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2009-06-11 | |||
Honours
Club
Galatasaray
Steaua București
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
- AFC Champions League: 2000–01, 2001–02
- Asian Super Cup: 2002
- Korean FA Cup: 2002
- Korean Super Cup: 2000
- Korean League Cup: 2000, 2001
Rapid București
Alro Slatina
External links
- Ion Ionuț Luțu – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
- Ion Ionuț Luțu at National-Football-Teams.com
- Ion Ionuț Luțu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
- Detailed interview
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