[1] Bogdan Lobonț was born on 18 January 1978 in Hunedoara, Romania, starting to play junior level football at age 12 at local club, Corvinul under the guidance of coach Marian Ioniță.

[13] Upon his return to Ajax, he became the team's primary goalkeeper, playing four games in the 2002–03 Champions League second group stage against Arsenal, Valencia and Roma which were all draws, conceding only three goals, helping them qualify to the quarter-finals.

[18] In the following year and a half, he played rarely but still made two appearances in the 2004–05 Champions League group stage, a 3–0 home win with Maccabi Tel Aviv and a 4–0 away loss in front of Bayern Munich.

[22] He made his Serie A debut on 29 January when coach Cesare Prandelli sent him on the field in 59th minute in order to replace Gianluca Berti, managing to not concede a goal in the 0–0 with Udinese.

[24][25] Because he had also lost his place on the Romania national team, Lobonț made a surprise move back to Dinamo București in January 2007, who paid €750,000 for his transfer, also he accepted a much lower salary, earning with €545,000 less than the contract with the Italians.

[27] In the following season, Dinamo had the objective of reaching the Champions League group stage, in the 1–1 draw from the first leg of the third qualifying round against Lazio Roma, Lobonț saved a penalty kick executed by Tommaso Rocchi.

[30] On 31 August 2009, Italian Serie A team Roma signed Lobonț in a co-ownership deal from Dinamo, with an option for the club to buy him outright at the end of the season, for a fee of €1.5 million.

[31] He made his first appearance for the Giallorossi on 4 October, coming off the bench after 23 minutes in order to replace injured Júlio Sérgio in a 2–1 win over Napoli, conceding a goal from Ezequiel Lavezzi shortly after entering the field.

[40][46] Bogdan Lobonț started coaching in January 2019 at Liga II side, Universitatea Cluj, finishing the season on the third place, then playing a promotion play-off with FC Hermannstadt which was lost with 3–0 on aggregate.

[47] He left Roma to coach Romania's under-20 side for about a year in friendly matches, gaining three 2–1 victories over Poland, Czech Republic and Portugal, but also suffering some severe defeats, as 1–6 with England, 0–7 with Italy or 0–5 in front of Switzerland.