Serghei Cleșcenco
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Serghei Cleșcenco | ||
| Date of birth | 20 May 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Criuleni, Moldovan SSR | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| 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) |
| National team | |||
| 1991–2006 | Moldova | 69 | (11) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011–2012 | Milsami | ||
| 2013 | Zimbru Chișinău | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Serghei Cleșcenco (/klɛʃtʃɛnkoʊ/; born 20 May 1972 in Criuleni, Moldovan SSR) is a retired Moldovan footballer, who holds the record for the most goals scored in a single season by a foreigner in Israel. He is former manager of FC Zimbru Chișinău.
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.
In 1999, Cleșcenco joined Maccabi Haifa from Moldovan club Zimbru Chișinău. 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.
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