Vitalie Damașcan
Damașcan playing against Czech Republic in 2022
Damașcan with Moldova in 2023
Personal information
Full name Vitalie Damașcan
Date of birth (1999-01-24) 24 January 1999
Place of birth Soroca, Moldova
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Sepsi OSK
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2015 Zimbru Chișinău
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Zimbru-2 Chișinău[1] 34 (23)
2015–2017 Zimbru Chișinău 16 (1)
2017 Sheriff-2 Tiraspol[1] 3 (1)
2017–2018 Sheriff Tiraspol 23 (18)
2018–2021 Torino 1 (0)
2018 → Sheriff Tiraspol (loan) 10 (4)
2019–2020 → Fortuna Sittard (loan) 19 (6)
2020–2021 → RKC Waalwijk (loan) 19 (2)
2021– Sepsi OSK 36 (4)
2022–2023 → Voluntari (loan) 28 (10)
International career‡
2015 Moldova U17[lower-alpha 1] 3 (1)
2016 Moldova U19[lower-alpha 1] 3 (0)
2017–2020 Moldova U21 10 (3)
2018– Moldova 34 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2023

Vitalie Damașcan (born 24 January 1999) is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I club Sepsi OSK, and the Moldova national team.

Club career

Damașcan made his professional debut with Zimbru Chișinău on 29 November 2015 in a league match against Milsami Orhei.[2]

In 2017, Damașcan moved to rivals Sheriff Tiraspol on a free transfer.[3] He scored his first goal for Sheriff against his former club Zimbru Chișinău on 7 April. The match ended in 1–0 victory for Sheriff.[4] On 25 May, Damașcan scored a brace in the final of the 2016–17 Moldovan Cup against Zaria Bălți. Sheriff ended up lifting the trophy as they won the game 5–0.[5]

On 16 July 2018, he was announced as a new signing by Italian club Torino.[6]

International career

On 27 January 2018, Damașcan made his international debut for Moldova. He played 77 minutes in a 0–1 friendly defeat to South Korea before being replaced.[7]

On 13 June 2017, Damașcan scored his first two goals for Moldova's U21 team against San Marino in 2019 European U21 Qualifiers.[8]

International stats

As of match played 20 November 2023'[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Moldova 201891
201940
202030
202141
202240
2023101
Total343

International goals

Scores and results list Moldova's goal tally first.[9]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 November 2018Stadio Olimpico di Serravalle, Serravalle, San Marino San Marino1–01–02018–19 UEFA Nations League D
2.6 June 2021Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova Azerbaijan1–01–0Friendly
3.7 September 2023Raiffeisen Arena, Linz, Austria Austria1–01–1Friendly

Personal life

Damașcan's elder brother, Ilie is also a professional footballer who plays for Zimbru.[10]

Honours

Sheriff Tiraspol

Sepsi OSK

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 Zimbru-2/Sheriff-2 statistics moldpres.md
  2. ↑ "Zimbru vs. Milsami 2-1". Soccerway. 29 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Vitalie Damașcan s-a transferat la Sheriff". Moldfootball. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Divizia Naţională 2016/2017, Etapa 27 (se actualizează)" (in Romanian).moldfootball.com
  5. ↑ "Sheriff cucereşte pentru a noua oară în istoria sa Cupa Moldovei". Moldfootball. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Damascan al Toro". TORINO FC 1906 SITO UFFICIALE (in Italian). Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Match report" (in Romanian).fmf.md.
  8. ↑ "U-21 / SAN MARINO - MOLDOVA 0-2" (in Romanian).fmf.md
  9. 1 2 "Damașcan, Vitalie". National Football Teams. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  10. ↑ "Ilie și Vitalie DAMAȘCAN: NICI UN VIRUS NU POATE UCIDE FOTBALUL". observatorul.md. 2 May 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2023.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Only official UEFA matches included
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