Ion Ionuț Luțu

Ionuț Luțu
Personal information
Full name Ion Ionuț Luțu
Date of birth (1975-08-03) 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)
1996–1999 Universitatea Craiova 64 (29)
1998Galatasaray (loan) 3 (0)
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)
International career
1993 Romania U18 4 (0)
1994–1998 Romania U21 27 (8)
1996 Romania U23 3 (0)
1997 Romania B 3 (0)
1999 Romania 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2009-06-11

Ion Ionuț Luțu (born 3 August 1975) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was compared to Gheorghe Hagi, being nicknamed "the Little Hagi" or "Hagi-Luțu". He was known for his fine dribbling and technique, as well as spectacular finishing, but also for his inconsistency.