Radu Rebeja

Radu Rebeja
Radu Rebeja
	Rebeja in 2015
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
	In office; 19 December 2019 – 11 July 2021
Preceded by	Constantin Botnari
Parliamentary group	Democratic Party
Personal details
Born	8 June 1973 (age 51); Chişinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Height
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1999	Zimbru Chișinău
1999–2000	Uralan Elista
2001–2003	Saturn Ramenskoye
2004–2008	Moscow
2008	Khimki
Total
International career
1991–2008	Moldova
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Radu Rebeja (born 8 June 1973) is a Moldovan former football player who played as defensive midfielder or centre-back. He has been a leader and captain of the Moldova national team for 74 matches and was formerly the captain of FC Moscow.

Awards

In 2006, he was awarded the Moldovan Footballer of the Year award. Rebeja is also one of the most capped Moldova national football team players.

Rebeja was one of the 11 Moldovan football players to be challenged to a game of tennis by Tony Hawks and is featured in his 2012 book Playing the Moldovans at Tennis.

In 2008, he ended his career as a professional football player and became the Vice President of the Moldovan Football Federation.

In 2015, he took up the post of Adviser for Youth and Sports to the Prime Minister of Moldova, Chiril Gaburici.

In 2018, he was selected as the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research.

In 2019, he became an independent deputy in the Parliament of Moldova.

In August 2019, he opened a professional football academy called Academia de Fotbal Radu Rebeja (The Radu Rebeja Football Academy).

Scores and results list Moldova's goal tally first.^[1]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 October 1995	Ulrich Haberland Stadion, Leverkusen, Germany	Germany	1–6	1–6	Euro 1996 qualifier
2.	5 September 2001	FK Ozeta Dukla Stadium, Trenčín, Slovakia	Slovakia	2–4	2–4	2002 World Cup qualifier

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