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

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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, Dunărea Galați noticed him in a friendly and gave him the chance to play for his team. In 1985 he transferred to neighboring team, Oțelul Galați which he hepled 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 4 games and scoring one goal in the

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. In the middle of the 1987–88 season, he was transferred at coach Mircea Lucescu's team,

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in exchange for Marian Damaschin, where in his first season he scored 22 goals in 16

games, including 6 goals in a 9–1 victory against CSM Suceava. In the 1989–90 season Dinamo won the title and the cup with Vaișcovici playing 21

games in which he scored 14 goals and made 4 appearances in the cup, also the team reached the 1989–90 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals with Vaișcovici playing 8 games in the campaign. After the

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, Vaișcovici alongside fellow Romanians

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and Gheorghe Nițu went to play in

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for

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. He then went to play alongside Lică Movilă in the

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for

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after which he finished his career playing in

for

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and Dunărea Galați. During his whole career, Claudiu Vaișcovici played 125 Divizia A matches in which he scored 68 goals and made 18 appearances in which he scored 5 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 against

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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 footballers Olympic footballers of 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 footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Turkey Romanian expatriate sportspeople in the Soviet Union Expatriate footballers in the Soviet Union Sportspeople from Galați