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Igor Picușceac

Picușceac with Moldova in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	(1983-03-27) 27 March 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Tiraspol, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Milsami Orhei (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2003	Sheriff Tiraspol	12	(1)
2003–2007	Tiraspol	124	(30)
2008–2009	Sheriff Tiraspol	28	(5)
2009	→ Beijing Hongdeng (loan)	12	(7)
2009–2012	Krasnodar	44	(8)
2012–2015	Amkar Perm	50	(7)
2015	Sheriff Tiraspol	6	(1)
2016	Academia Chișinău	6	(2)
2016	Zaria Bălți	10	(2)
Total		292	(63)
International career
2005–2007	Moldova U21	6	(2)
2007–2015	Moldova	20	(3)
Managerial career
2017–2018	Krasnodar-2 (assistant)
2018	Krasnodar-2
2018–2019	Krasnodar-2 (assistant)
2019–2020	Noah
2020–2021	Akron Tolyatti
2022	Akzhayik
2022	Akzhayik (assistant)
2023–2024	Turan (assistant)
2024–	Milsami Orhei
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Igor Picușceac (born 27 March 1983) is a Moldovan football coach and a former player who played as a striker. He is the current head coach of Milsami Orhei.

International career

Picușceac scored his first goal for Moldova in a 2–1 defeat to Israel in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier match. Scored in 47th second of match, this is the fastest goal ever scored by Moldova in any match.

Coaching career

In October 2020 he was hired as a manager of Akron Tolyatti.

Honours

Sheriff Tiraspol

• Divizia Națională Champion: 2008/2009
• Moldovan Cup: 2008/2009

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 September 2008	Chișinău	Israel	1-0	1-2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
2	9 February 2011	Lagos	Andorra	1-0	2-1	Friendly
3	24 May 2014	Jerez de la Frontera	Saudi Arabia	2-0	4-0	Friendly

References

1. Maftei, Vladimir; Buga, Ion (16 September 2008). "Un record și o nouă dezamăgire". Sport Plus (in Romanian). 36 (339). Chișinău: newspaper edited by the National Olympic Committee of Moldova: pag 9.
   • By Unimedia goal was scored in 47th second: "Moldova a pierdut al doilea meci din PCM din 2010" (in Romanian). Unimedia.info. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
   • By "The Jerusalem Post” goal was scored in 47th second: Allon Sinai (11 September 2008). "Soccer: Israel's comeback kids do it once again in Moldova". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
2. ""Акрон" возглавил Игорь Пикущак" (in Russian). FC Akron Tolyatti. 27 October 2020.

External links

• Igor Picușceac at Soccerway
• Igor Picușceac – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Igor Picușceac at National-Football-Teams.com

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