Serghei Clescenco
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Serghei Clescenco | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Serghei Clescenco | |
Date of birth | May 20, 1972 (age 34) | |
Place of birth | , Moldova | |
Height | 170 cm | |
Playing position | Forward | |
Senior clubs1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1995-1997 1999-2001 2001-2003 2003-2004 |
Go Ahead Eagles Watford Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Tel Aviv Bnei Yehuda Sibir Novosibirsk |
71 (29) 62 (22) |
National team2 | ||
Moldova | 63 (10) | |
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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 foreignor in Israel.
[edit] 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 foreignor 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.