Claudiu Vaișcovici (born 14 October 1962) is a Romanian former

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striker.

Club career

Claudiu Vaișcovici was born on 14 October 1962 in

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. He was brought at Sportul Studențesc București from junior club CSȘ Pajura, making his

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debut on 4 April 1981 in a 2–0 victory against Universitatea Craiova. Afterwards, he had some heart problems, which kept him off the field for two years, until Ilie Hagioglu, the president of

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club,

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noticed him in a friendly and gave him the chance to play for his team. In 1985 he transferred to neighboring team, Oțelul which he helped promote to the first league. In 1987 Vaișcovici went to play for

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, where he also made his debut in European competitions, playing four games in the

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campaign as they got pass

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in the first round, being eliminated in the following one by

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against whom he scored a goal. In the middle of the 1987–88 season, he was transferred at coach

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's team,

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in exchange for

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, where in his first season he scored 22 goals in 16 Divizia A games, including six goals in a 9–1 victory against

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and a brace in a 3–3 with

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Steaua București. In the following season he appeared in six matches in the

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campaign, scoring two goals against Kuusysi Lahti, reaching the quarter-finals where they were eliminated on the

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after 1–1 on aggregate by

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against whom he scored his side's goal. In the 1989–90 season, Dinamo won The Double with Vaișcovici playing 21 Divizia A games in which he scored 14 goals and made four appearances in the cup, including in the 6–4 over Steaua from the

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, also the team reached the

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semi-finals where they were eliminated after 2–0 on aggregate by

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with Vaișcovici playing eight games in the campaign. After the

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, Vaișcovici alongside fellow Romanians

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and

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went to play in

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for

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. He then went to play alongside

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in the

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for

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after which he finished his career playing in

for Progresul București and

. During his whole career, Claudiu Vaișcovici played 125 Divizia A matches in which he scored 68 goals and made 18 appearances with five goals in European competitions.

International career

Claudiu Vaișcovici played 10 matches at international level for

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, making his debut on 8 April 1987, under coach

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in a friendly which ended with a 3–2 victory against

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. He played three games at the successful 1990 World Cup qualifiers, without being selected to be part of the squad that participated at the

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. Vaișcovici's last appearance for the national team took part on 31 August 1989 in a 0–0 with

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Honours

Dunărea Galați *

: 1982–83 Oțelul Galați *

: 1985–86 Dinamo București *

: 1989–90 *

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: 1989–90 Progresul București *

: 1991–92

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaiscovici, Claudiu 1962 births Living people Romanian men's footballers Olympic footballers for Romania Romania men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Liga I players Liga II players FC Sportul Studențesc București players FCM Dunărea Galați players ASC Oțelul Galați players Victoria București players FC Dinamo București players FC Progresul București players Süper Lig players Bursaspor footballers Soviet First League players FC Zimbru Chișinău players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Romanian expatriate sportspeople in the Soviet Union Expatriate men's footballers in the Soviet Union Footballers from Galați 20th-century Romanian sportsmen