 He made his Divizia A debut on 25 May 2002 in the FCM Bacău 1–2 defeat at FC National.As of 1 January 2008, he played 132 games in Liga I scoring three goals.On 7 July 2008, Steaua's coach Marius Lăcătuş sent Lovin to Steaua II Bucureşti for the indiscipline during training.