About Bogdan Lobonț
Bogdan Ionuț Lobonț (Romanian pronunciation: [boɡˈdan joˈnuts loˈbonts]; born 18 January 1978) is a Romanian professional football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He amassed 86 appearances for the Romania national team between 1998 and 2018, representing the country in two European Championships. He was popularly nicknamed Pisica ("The Cat") in Romania, due to his quick reflexes and relative small body frame for a goalkeeper. == Club career == === Corvinul Hunedoara === Lobonț was born on 18 January 1978 in Hunedoara, Romania and began playing junior-level football at age 12 at local club Corvinul under the guidance of coach Marian Ioniță. He started to play at senior level during the 1995–96 Divizia B season when coach Gabriel Stan used him in a 1–1 draw against Suceava, delivering an appreciated performance. In the following season, he appeared more often, helping the club finish in seventh place. === Rapid București === In 1997, Rică Răducanu noticed his talent after watching a training session of Corvinul, then recommended him to Rapid București's manager, Mircea Lucescu. Lobonț made his Divizia A debut on 2 August 1997, keeping a clean sheet in a 0–0 draw against Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț. At the end of his first season at Rapid, he won the first trophy of his career, the 1997–98 Cupa României, being used the entire match by Lucescu in the final where he kept a clean sheet in the 1–0 win over Universitatea Craiova. In the following season he made 31 appearances in the league as the club won the title.
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