Serghei Cleșcenco

Moldovan footballer

Serghei Cleșcenco
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-05-20) 20 May 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth Criuleni, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Moldova (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990 Spartak Oryol 14 (1)
1990–1992 Nistru Chișinău 23 (1)
1992–1996 Zimbru Chișinău 131 (40)
1996–1997 Go Ahead Eagles 62 (9)
1997–1998 Zimbru Chișinău 20 (25)
1998 Zenit St. Petersburg 6 (0)
1998–1999 Zimbru Chișinău 8 (0)
1999–2001 Maccabi Haifa 102 (42)
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)
Total 543 (151)
International career
1991–2006[1] Moldova 69 (11)
Managerial career
2011–2012 Milsami Orhei
2012 Milsami Orhei (assistant)
2013 Zimbru Chișinău (executive assistant)
2013 Zimbru Chișinău
2013–2015 Zimbru Chișinău (executive assistant)
2015–2017 União Leiria (assistant)
2017 União Leiria (caretaker)
2017 Rostov (assistant)
2019–2020 Moldova U21
2019–2021 Moldova (assistant)
2021 Moldova U21 (caretaker)
2021– Moldova
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Serghei Cleșcenco (pronounced [kleʃˈtʃeŋko]; born 20 May 1972) is a Moldovan football coach and a former player. He is the manager of the Moldova national team.

He holds the record for the most goals scored in a single season by a foreigner in Israel. He is a former manager of Zimbru Chișinău, where he also spent large parts of his playing career.

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. 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]

Personal life

Cleșcenco's son, Nicky Cleșcenco, is also a footballer who has appeared for the Moldova national team.[4]

International goals

Scores and results list Moldova's goal tally first.[5]
List of international goals scored by Serghei Cleșcenco
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1
 1 September 1994 Stadionul Republican, Chișinău  Azerbaijan 1–0 2–1 Friendly
2
 2–0
3
 16 November 1994 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia  Bulgaria 1–1 1–4 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier
4
 7 June 1995 Stadionul Republican, Chișinău  Albania 2–1 2–3 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier
5
 10 November 1996 Stadion GKS, Katowice  Poland 1–2 1–2 1998 FIFA 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 FIFA World Cup qualifier
10
 5 September 2001 Štadión na Sihoti, Trenčín  Slovakia 1–0 2–4 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
11
 16 August 2006 Stadionul Zimbru, Chișinău  Lithuania 3–2 3–2 Friendly

Honours

Player

Zimbru Chișinău

Maccabi Haifa

Hapoel Tel Aviv

Manager

Milsami

Managerial Statistics

As of match played on 26 March 2024
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Moldova 2021 present 24 7 7 10 029.17

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.
  4. ^ Ciolacu, Dumitru (2 February 2021). "Nicky Serghei Cleșcenco, noul jucător al lui FC Sion" [Nicky Serghei Cleșcenco, the new player of FC Sion]. Moldovan Football Federation (in Romanian). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Football PLAYER: Serghei Cleşcenco". eu-football.info. Retrieved 7 October 2015.

External links

  • Profile and biography of Sergei Cleșcenco on Maccabi Haifa's official website Archived 21 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine (in Hebrew)
  • Serghei Cleșcenco at National-Football-Teams.com
  • Serghei Cleșcenco at Championat.ru
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