Claudiu Vaișcovici (born 14 October 1962) is a Romanian former football striker.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 October 1962 | ||
| 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) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 March 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2018 | |||
Club career
editClaudiu 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 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 four games in the 1987–88 UEFA Cup campaign as they got pass EPA Larnaca in the first round, being eliminated in the following one by Dinamo Tbilisi against whom he scored a goal.[2][3][5]
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 six goals in a 9–1 victory against CSM Suceava and a brace in a 3–3 with rivals Steaua București.[2][3][4][6] In the following season he appeared in six matches in the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup campaign, scoring two goals against Kuusysi Lahti, reaching the quarter-finals where they were eliminated on the away goals rule after 1–1 on aggregate by Sampdoria against whom he scored his side's goal.[2][7][8] In the 1989–90 season, Dinamo won The Double with Vaișcovici playing 21 Divizia A games in which he scored 14 goals and made four appearances in the cup, including in the 6–4 over Steaua from the final, also the team reached the 1989–90 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals where they were eliminated after 2–0 on aggregate by Anderlecht with Vaișcovici playing eight games in the campaign.[2][3][4][9][10]
After the 1989 Romanian Revolution, Vaișcovici alongside fellow Romanians Mircea Rednic and Gheorghe Nițu went to play in Turkey for Bursaspor.[2][11] 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][12] During his whole career, Claudiu Vaișcovici played 125 Divizia A matches in which he scored 68 goals and made 18 appearances with five goals in European competitions.[2][3]
International career
editClaudiu 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.[13][14] 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.[13][15] Vaișcovici's last appearance for the national team took part on 31 August 1989 in a 0–0 with Portugal.[13]
Honours
editDunărea Galați
Oțelul Galați
Dinamo București
Progresul București
References
edit- ^ "Claudiu Vaișcovici profile". 11v11. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Claudiu Vaișcovici at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ "Claudiu Vaișcovici. UEFA Cup 1987/1988". WorldFootball. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "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.
""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.
"Primul Dinamo – Steaua din istorie cu 2 penaltyuri! Vezi aici TOATE rezultatele dramatice scoase din penalty in derby!" [The first Dinamo - The star in history with 2 penalties! See here ALL the dramatic results from the penalty in the derby!]. Sport.ro. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2024. - ^ "Dinamo, reunire cu gandul la Sampdoria" [Dinamo, reunited with the fought at Sampdoria] (in Romanian). Jurnalul.ro. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Claudiu Vaișcovici. Cup Winners Cup 1988/1989". WorldFootball. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Romanian Cup – Season 1989–1990". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Claudiu Vaișcovici. Cup Winners Cup 1989/1990". WorldFootball. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Trei decenii de la Marele Exod" [Three decades since the Great Exodus] (in Romanian). Wesport.ro. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "Claudiu Vaișcovici profile". European Football. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Romania 3-2 Israel". European Football. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "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
edit- Claudiu Vaișcovici at WorldFootball.net
- Claudiu Vaișcovici at National-Football-Teams.com