Serghei Clescenco

Football player infobox
playername = Serghei Clescenco
fullname = Serghei Clescenco
height = Height|m=1.74
weight = Weight|kg=68
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1972|05|20
cityofbirth = Kriulyany
countryofbirth = Soviet Union
(now Criuleni, Moldova) [ [http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.aspx?page=player_details&playerID=17153 Serghei Clescenco at playerhistory.com] ]
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1990-1992
1992-1996
1996-1997
1997-1998
1998
1998-1999
1999-2001
2001-2003
2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2007-2008
clubs = Nistru Chisinau
Zimbru Chisinau
Go Ahead Eagles
Zimbru Chisinau
Zenit St. Petersburg
Zimbru Chisinau
Maccabi Haifa
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Chernomorets Novorossiysk
Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv
Zimbru Chisinau
FC Sibir Novosibirsk
Metallurg-Kuzbass Novokuznetsk
caps(goals) = 23 (1)
99 (39)
60 (8)
20 (25)
6 (0)
8 (0)
71 (29)
62 (22)
6 (0)
14 (1)
18 (1)
44 (8)
33 (1)
nationalyears = 1991-2006 [ [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/clescenco-intl.html Serghei Clescenco - International Matches at RSSSF] ]
nationalteam = Moldova
nationalcaps(goals) = 69 (11)
pcupdate = May 23, 2008
ntupdate = May 23, 2008

Serghei Clescenco is a Moldovan football player who holds the record for most international appearances for his country as well as the record for most goals scored in a single season by a foreigner in Israel.

Career in Israel

In 1999, Clescenco joined Maccabi Haifa from Moldovan club Zimbru Kishinev. 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.

External links

* [http://maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il/ts.cgi?tsscript=player&id=1906 Profile and biography of Sergei Clescenco on Maccabi Haifa's official website]
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=4496 Serghei Clescenco career stats] at National Football Teams

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