Igor Picușceac

Igor Picușceac
	Picușceac with Moldova in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	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
2001–2003	Sheriff Tiraspol
2003–2007	Tiraspol
2008–2009	Sheriff Tiraspol
2009	→ Beijing Hongdeng (loan)
2009–2012	Krasnodar
2012–2015	Amkar Perm
2015	Sheriff Tiraspol
2016	Academia Chișinău
2016	Zaria Bălți
Total
International career
2005–2007	Moldova U21
2007–2015	Moldova
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.^[1]

Coaching career

In October 2020 he was hired as a manager of Akron Tolyatti.^[2]

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

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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.
^ ""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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[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] 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.

[3] 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.

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