Claudiu Vaișcovici

Romanian footballer
Claudiu Vaișcovici
Personal information
Date of birth (1962-10-14) 14 October 1962 (age 61)
Place of birth Galați, România
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
CSȘ Pajura
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981 Sportul Studențesc 2 (0)
1983–1985 Dunărea Galați 41 (10)
1985–1987 Oțelul Galați 56 (20)
1987 Victoria București 15 (5)
1988–1990 Dinamo București 68 (58)
1990–1991 Bursaspor 8 (0)
1991 Zimbru Chișinău 24 (9)
1992 Progresul București ? (2)
1992–1993 Dunărea Galați 9 (1)
Total 223+ (104)
International career‡
1986–1988 Romania Olympic[1] 10 (2)
1987–1989 Romania 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 March 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2018

Claudiu Vaișcovici (born 14 October 1962) is a Romanian former football striker.

Club career

Claudiu Vaișcovici was born on 14 October 1962 in Galați.[2][3] He was brought at Sportul Studențesc București from junior club CSȘ Pajura, making his Divizia A debut on 4 April 1981 in a 2–0 victory against Universitatea Craiova.[2][3][4] Afterwards, he had some heart problems, which kept him off the field for two years, until Ilie Hagioglu, the president of Divizia B club, Dunărea Galați noticed him in a friendly and gave him the chance to play for his team.[2][4] In 1985 he transferred to neighboring team, Oțelul Galați which he helped promote to the first league.[2][3] In 1987 Vaișcovici went to play for Victoria București, where he also made his debut in European competitions, playing 4 games and scoring one goal in the 1987–88 UEFA Cup.[2][3] In the middle of the 1987–88 season, he was transferred at coach Mircea Lucescu's team, Dinamo București in exchange for Marian Damaschin, where in his first season he scored 22 goals in 16 Divizia A games, including 6 goals in a 9–1 victory against CSM Suceava.[2][3][4][5][6] In the 1989–90 season Dinamo won the title and the cup with Vaișcovici playing 21 Divizia A games in which he scored 14 goals and made 4 appearances in the cup, also the team reached the 1989–90 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals with Vaișcovici playing 8 games in the campaign.[2][3] After the 1989 Romanian Revolution, Vaișcovici alongside fellow Romanians Mircea Rednic and Gheorghe Nițu went to play in Turkey for Bursaspor.[2][7] He then went to play alongside Lică Movilă in the 1991 Soviet First League for Zimbru Chișinău after which he finished his career playing in Divizia B for Progresul București and Dunărea Galați.[2][3][8] During his whole career, Claudiu Vaișcovici played 125 Divizia A matches in which he scored 68 goals and made 18 appearances in which he scored 5 goals in European competitions.[2][3]

International career

Claudiu Vaișcovici played 10 matches at international level for Romania, making his debut on 8 April 1987, under coach Emerich Jenei in a friendly which ended with a 3–2 victory against Israel.[9][10] He played three games at the successful 1990 World Cup qualifiers, without being selected to be part of the squad that participated at the final tournament.[9][11] Vaișcovici's last appearance for the national team took part on 31 August 1989 in a 0–0 against Portugal.[9]

Honours

Dunărea Galați

Oțelul Galați

Dinamo București

Progresul București

References

  1. ^ "Claudiu Vaișcovici profile". 11v11. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Claudiu Vaișcovici at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "VAIȘCOVICI "La Dinamo se cumpără de la reducere, un singur vârf de atac e în România. Rădoi a sărit direct la facultate". De ce a jucat naționala "de râs" cu Irlanda de Nord, cine e "Pictorul" și cum am revenit la ritmul lui Piți" [VAIȘCOVICI "Dinamo buys at a discount, there is only one top attacker in Romania. Rădoi jumped straight to college". Why did the national team play "ridiculous" with Northern Ireland, who is the "Painter" and how did we get back to the rhythm of Piți] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "Cum au fost create marile echipe ale anilor '80?. Episodul 3: Dinamo - Show cu doar 14 "câini". Dar de rasă" [How were the great teams of the '80s created? Episode 3: Dinamo - Show with only 14 "dogs". But dogs of race] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  5. ^ "RETRO GSP. Ziua în care Vaișcovici intra în istoria lui Dinamo. Și a fotbalului românesc postbelic. "Ce-ai, mă, diaree? Nu te mai oprești?"" [RETRO GSP. The day Vaișcovici entered Dinamo's history. And of post-war Romanian football. "What do you have, me, diarrhea? Don't you stop?"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  6. ^ ""Lucescu era la vremea aia tânăr, creț, brunet, mai încruntat. Mi se părea că e om rău!"" ["Lucescu was young, curly, brunette, more frowned. It seemed to me that he was a bad man!"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Trei decenii de la Marele Exod" [Three decades since the Great Exodus] (in Romanian). Wesport.ro. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Viorel Turcu si Paul Laiys, primii stranieri" [Viorel Turcu and Paul Laiys, the first foreigners] (in Romanian). Fmf.md. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  9. ^ a b c "Claudiu Vaișcovici profile". European Football. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Romania 3-2 Israel". European Football. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Prunea şi Vaişcovici s-au certat în direct la TV după meciul cu Grecia "Eşti mediocru!". "Ţi-au rămas mîinile întinse!"" [Prunea and Vaişcovici quarreled live on TV after the match with Greece "You are mediocre!". "Your hands remained stretched!"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 17 November 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

External links

  • Claudiu Vaișcovici at WorldFootball.net
  • Claudiu Vaișcovici at National-Football-Teams.com
  • Claudiu Vaișcovici at FootballDatabase.eu