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.

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.

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.

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.

International goals

Honours

Club 
Dinamo București
 Romanian League Championship: 1999–00
 Romanian Cup: 1999–00, 2000–01

Dynamo Kyiv
 Ukrainian 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, 2007
 Independent States Cup: 2002

Hajduk Split
 Croatian Cup: 2009–10

Çaykur Rizespor
 TFF First League: 2012–13

Voluntari
 Romanian Cup: 2016–17

References

External links

 
 
 
 Florin Cernat at Nogometni Magazin 

Category:1980 births
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Category:Sportspeople from Galați
Category:Romanian footballers
Category:Association football midfielders
Category:ASC Oțelul Galați players
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Category:HNK Hajduk Split players
Category:Kardemir Karabükspor footballers
Category:FC Viitorul Constanța players
Category:FC Voluntari players
Category:Liga I players
Category:Ukrainian Premier League players
Category:Croatian First Football League players
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