Denis Zmeu (born 8 May 1985) is a former Moldovan

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who played as a

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. From 24 August 2015 he is a coach for the physical training of all Moldavian football selections. From February 2016 to June 2017 he is a physical trainer at

Milsami Orhei Fotbal Club Milsami Orhei, commonly known as Milsami Orhei, or simply Milsami, is a Moldovan football club based in Orhei, Moldova, currently playing in the Moldovan Super Liga. Previously known as ''FC Viitorul Orhei'', it won its first league ...

. Since June 2017 he has been a physical trainer at Politehnica Iași, the team for the first time in the 2017–2018 season qualifying in the play-off phase of the first league in Romania.

Club career

He started his career at

Zimbru Chișinău Zimbru is the Romanian word for the European bison. Zimbru may also refer to: * FC Zimbru Chișinău, a football club from Moldova * FC Zimbru-2 Chișinău, the second team of the club mentioned above * Zimbru Stadium, the official stadium of the ...

. In the winter of 2007, he was bought by

SC Vaslui CS Sporting Juniorul Vaslui (), commonly known as Sporting Vaslui, Juniorul Vaslui or simply as Vaslui, is a Romanian professional football club based in Vaslui, Vaslui County, founded in 2002 and re-founded in 2014. The club is currently playin ...

for about €200,000. In that season he played every single game, but he failed to impress. He scored his first goal for

, in a 3–0 victory against

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International career

Soon after his transfer at

, he made his debut in the Moldova national team. He was a regular, until the last year, when, because he failed to play at Vaslui, he lost his place in the national team.

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 20 December 2011.''

International goals

:''Scores and results list Moldova's goal tally first.''

Career honours

SC Vaslui

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

** ''Runner-up'':

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UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, 'betting pool'),Most precisely, from (football pool); cf. often abbreviated and more known in the German-speaking world as UI Cup and originally called the International Foot ...

**Winner:

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References

1985 births Living people Footballers from Chișinău Moldovan men's footballers Moldova men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Moldovan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Liga I players CS Sporting Vaslui players FC Zimbru Chișinău players Moldovan expatriate sportspeople in Romania Moldovan expatriate sportspeople in Armenia {{moldova-footy-bio-stub