Serghei Cleșcenco

Serghei Cleșcenco
Personal information
Full name Serghei Cleșcenco
Date of birth (1972-05-20) 20 May 1972
Place of birth Criuleni, Moldovan SSR
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1990 Spartak Oryol 14 (1)
1990–1992 Nistru Chișinău 23 (1)
1992–1996 Zimbru Chișinău 99 (39)
1996–1997 Go Ahead Eagles 60 (8)
1997–1998 Zimbru Chișinău 20 (25)
1998 Zenit St. Petersburg 6 (0)
1998–1999 Zimbru Chișinău 8 (0)
1999–2001 Maccabi Haifa 71 (29)
2001–2003 Hapoel Tel Aviv 62 (22)
2003 Chernomorets Novorossiysk 6 (0)
2003–2004 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 14 (1)
2004–2005 Zimbru Chișinău 18 (1)
2005–2006 Sibir Novosibirsk 44 (8)
2007–2008 Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk 33 (1)
National team
1991–2006[1] Moldova 69 (11)
Teams managed
2011–2012 Milsami
2013 Zimbru Chișinău

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Serghei Cleșcenco (/klɛʃtʃɛnkoʊ/; born 20 May 1972 in Criuleni, Moldovan SSR) is a retired Moldovan footballer, who holds the record for the most goals scored in a single season by a foreigner in Israel. He is former manager of FC Zimbru Chișinău.

Early career

After a successful period with Zimbru Chișinău, Cleșcenco was taken on trial by English club Watford in early 1998. He impressed, but work permit issues, along with Zimbru Chișinău asking for too much money prevented the deal from going through.[2]

In 1999, Cleșcenco joined Maccabi Haifa from Moldovan club Zimbru Chișinău. It was one of the most successful starts ever for a foreigner in Israel as he bagged 22 goals in his first season topping the record set by Polish striker Andrzej Kubica for most goals scored by a foreigner in Israel in a single season. After another strong season in Haifa, he moved to Hapoel Tel Aviv, where he was part of the squad that reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup. He scored one of the goals as they memorably knocked out Chelsea.[3]

International goals

Scores and results list Moldova's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 1 September 1994 Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol  Azerbaijan 1–0 2–1 Friendly
2. 2–0
3. 16 November 1994 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia  Bulgaria 1–1 1–4 Euro 1996 qualifier
4. 7 June 1995 Stadionul Republican, Chișinău  Albania 2–1 2–3 Euro 1996 qualifier
5. 10 November 1996 Stadion GKS, Katowice  Poland 1–2 1–2 1998 World Cup qualifier
6. 20 August 1998 Spordikeskuse Staadion, Kohtla-Järve  Estonia 1–0 1–0 Friendly
7. 18 August 1999 Népstadion, Budapest  Hungary 1–1 1–1 Friendly
8. 26 April 2000 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle  San Marino 1–0 1–0 Friendly
9. 1 September 2001 Stadionul Republican, Chișinău  Azerbaijan 1–0 2–0 2002 World Cup qualifier
10. 5 September 2001 Štadión na Sihoti, Trenčín  Slovakia 1–0 2–4 2002 World Cup qualifier
11. 16 August 2006 Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău  Lithuania 3–2 3–2 Friendly

Honours

Club

Zimbru Chișinău
Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Tel Aviv

Manager

FC Milsami

References

  1. ↑ Serghei Clescenco - International Matches at RSSSF
  2. ↑ Watford Observer Archive
  3. ↑ "Hapoel stun subdued Chelsea". BBC. 18 October 2001. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

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