Lucian Goian

Foresta Suceava and FC Onești

Goian was born on 10 February 1983 in Suceava, Romania and began playing junior-level football under the guidance of coach Ilie Gafencu at local club Foresta. He started playing senior-level football at Foresta in the 2001–02 Divizia B season. Subsequently, in the middle of the following season, he moved to FC Onești in the same league, where he spent one year.

Ceahlăul and Dinamo

In 2004, Goian joined Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, making his Liga I debut on 13 March when coach Marius Lăcătuș sent him in the 29th minute to replace Tiberiu Șerban in a 5–1 loss to Petrolul Ploiești in which he scored his side's goal. Until the end of the season he netted two more goals, one in a 3–1 win over Gloria Bistrița and the other in a 1–1 draw against Steaua București, but the team was relegated to the second division. In the following season, Goian went to Dinamo București. There, he made his debut in European competitions when coach Ioan Andone sent him in the 52nd minute to replace Andrei Mărgăritescu in a 2–1 home loss to Manchester United in the 2004–05 Champions League third qualifying round. By the end of the season, during the final minutes of a game against Rapid București he made a critical error. He attempted to pass the ball to goalkeeper Bogdan Stelea, but opponent Lucian Burdujan intercepted it and scored. The game ended in a 2–2 draw, and the lost points proved decisive, as rivals Steaua became champions. However, the team managed…

Goian played 12 games for Romania's under-21 national team, including seven games in the 2006 European Under-21 Championship qualifiers. He was banned alongside teammate Ianis Zicu from representing his country at any level for two years in 2004, because the Romanian Football Federation considered they had a "defiant attitude" during a 4–1 loss against Czech Republic U21.

Goian is the younger brother of former professional footballers Gigi, Liviu and Dorin, all of them having played in the Romanian top-division Liga I. He also has three sisters. He has a son named Luca.

Dinamo București

Liga I: 2006–07 Cupa României: 2004–05 Supercupa României: 2005 Ceahlăul

Divizia B: 2005–06 CFR Cluj

Cupa României: 2015–16 Chennaiyin

Indian Super League runner-up: 2019–20