Igor Picușceac

Igor Picușceac
	Picușceac with Moldova in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	27 March 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Tiraspol, Moldovan SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Turan (assistant coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2003	FC Sheriff Tiraspol
2003–2007	FC Tiraspol
2008–2009	FC Sheriff Tiraspol
2009	→ Beijing Hongdeng (loan)
2009–2012	FC Krasnodar
2012–2015	Amkar Perm
2015	Sheriff Tiraspol
2016	Academia Chișinău
2016	Olimpia Bălți
Total
International career
2005–2007	Moldova U21
2007–2015	Moldova
Managerial career
2017–2018	FC Krasnodar-2 (assistant)
2018	FC Krasnodar-2
2018–2019	FC Krasnodar-2 (assistant)
2019–2020	FC Noah
2020–2021	FC Akron Tolyatti
2022	FC Akzhayik
2022	FC Akzhayik (assistant)
2023–	Turan (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Igor Picușceac (born 27 March 1983) is a Moldovan football coach and a former player who played as a striker. He is an assistant coach with the Kazakhstani club Turan.

International career

Picușceac scored his first goal for Moldova in a 2–1 defeat to Israel in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier match. Scored in 47th second of match, this is the fastest goal ever scored by Moldova in any match.^[1]

Coaching career

In October 2020 he was hired as a manager of FC Akron Tolyatti.^[2]

Honours

Sheriff Tiraspol

Divizia Națională Champion: 2008/2009
Moldovan Cup: 2008/2009

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 September 2008	Chisinau	Israel	1-0	1-2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
2	9 February 2011	Lagos	Andorra	1-0	2-1	Friendly
3	24 May 2014	Jerez de la Frontera	Saudi Arabia	2-0	4-0	Friendly

References

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Maftei, Vladimir; Buga, Ion (16 September 2008). "Un record și o nouă dezamăgire". Sport Plus (in Romanian). 36 (339). Chișinău: newspaper edited by the National Olympic Committee of Moldova: pag 9.
- By Unimedia goal was scored in 47th second: "Moldova a pierdut al doilea meci din PCM din 2010" (in Romanian). Unimedia.info. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- By "The Jerusalem Post” goal was scored in 47th second: Allon Sinai (11 September 2008). "Soccer: Israel's comeback kids do it once again in Moldova". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
^ ""Акрон" возглавил Игорь Пикущак" (in Russian). FC Akron Tolyatti. 27 October 2020.

External links

Igor Picușceac at Soccerway
Igor Picușceac – FIFA competition record (archived)
Igor Picușceac at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] Maftei, Vladimir; Buga, Ion (16 September 2008). "Un record și o nouă dezamăgire". Sport Plus (in Romanian). 36 (339). Chișinău: newspaper edited by the National Olympic Committee of Moldova: pag 9.
By Unimedia goal was scored in 47th second: "Moldova a pierdut al doilea meci din PCM din 2010" (in Romanian). Unimedia.info. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

By "The Jerusalem Post” goal was scored in 47th second: Allon Sinai (11 September 2008). "Soccer: Israel's comeback kids do it once again in Moldova". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 15 August 2014.

[2] By Unimedia goal was scored in 47th second: "Moldova a pierdut al doilea meci din PCM din 2010" (in Romanian). Unimedia.info. 11 September 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

[3] By "The Jerusalem Post” goal was scored in 47th second: Allon Sinai (11 September 2008). "Soccer: Israel's comeback kids do it once again in Moldova". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 15 August 2014.

[2] ""Акрон" возглавил Игорь Пикущак" (in Russian). FC Akron Tolyatti. 27 October 2020.

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