Lucian Gruin

Lucian Gruin

Personal information
Date of birth	(1913-10-31)31 October 1913
Place of birth	Temesvár, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	12 May 1994(1994-05-12) (aged 80)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1932–1934	Dacia Timișoara
1934–1935	Chinezul Timișoara	20	(6)
1935–1938	Venus București	56	(21)
1938–1940	Luceafărul București
1940–1941	Arsenal București
Total		76	(27)
International career
1935	Romania	1	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lucian Gruin (31 October 1913 – 12 May 1994) was a Romanian footballer who played as a striker.[1][2][3]

Club career

Gruin was born on 31 October 1913 in Temesvár, Austria-Hungary (now Romania), starting to play football in 1932 at local club, Dacia.[2] Three years later he went to play for Chinezul Timișoara where he made his Divizia A debut on 16 September 1934 in a 6–5 victory against Ripensia Timișoara.[2]

One year later he switched teams again, going at Venus București.[2] He won the championship with Venus in the 1936–37 season, coach Ferenc Plattkó giving him 22 appearances in which he scored 10 goals.[2][4] Afterwards he played in the first match of a Romanian team in a European competition, scoring once in the 6–4 loss to Újpest in the first leg from the first round of the 1937 Mitropa Cup.[5] On 13 March 1938, Gruin made his last Divizia A appearance in a 1–0 home loss to Ripensia, having a total of 76 matches with 27 goals netted in the competition.[2]

He ended his career in 1941 after spending the last years of his career in the Romanian lower leagues, playing for Luceafărul București and Arsenal București.[2]

International career

Gruin played one match in which he scored a goal for Romania when coach Constantin Rădulescu used him in a 2–2 against Greece at the 1935 Balkan Cup.[6][7][8]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Lucian Gruin goal.[6][7]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	24 June 1935	Levski Field, Sofia, Bulgaria	Greece	2–2	2–2	1935 Balkan Cup

Death

Gruin died on 12 May 1994 at age 80.[6]

Honours

Venus București

• Divizia A: 1936–37[2]

References

1. "Lucian Gruin". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
2. Lucian Gruin at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
3. "Prima poveste alb-violetă: 110 ani de la înființarea celei mai prolifice echipe de fotbal din Timișoara" [The first white-violet story: 110 years since the founding of the most prolific football team in Timisoara] (in Romanian). Banatulazi.ro. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
4. "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
5. "Venus București, prima campioană a României care a jucat în cupele europene" [Venus Bucharest, the first Romanian champion to play in European cups] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
6. "Lucian Gruin". European Football. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
7. "Greece 2-2 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
8. "Lucian Gruin". National Football Teams. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

External links

• Lucian Gruin at WorldFootball.net
• Lucian Gruin at National-Football-Teams.com