Valeriu Catînsus (born 27 April 1978) is a former

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player.

International career

Catînsus has made 50 appearances for the

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. He played 8 games in

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, 8 games in

UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Qualification for the 2004 UEFA European Championship took place between September 2002 and November 2003. Fifty teams were divided into ten groups, with each team playing the others in their group twice, once at home and once away. The top te ...

, 10 games in

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and 3 games in

UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Qualifying for the UEFA Euro 2008 finals tournament took place between August 2006 and November 2007. Fifty teams were divided into seven groups. In a Round-robin tournament, double round-robin system, each team played against each of the others ...

. He played his last game against Latvia on 14 October 2009.

References

External links

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Player profile on RFPL.org
1978 births Living people Footballers from Chișinău Moldovan men's footballers Moldovan expatriate men's footballers Moldova men's international footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Moldovan expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Men's association football defenders FC Zimbru Chișinău players Moldovan Super Liga players FC Chornomorets Odesa players FC Tom Tomsk players FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players Russian Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League players FC Arsenal Tula players Moldovan expatriate sportspeople in Russia {{Moldova-footy-bio-stub