Maxim Potîrniche

Maxim Potîrniche
	Potîrniche in a 2014 Zimbru Chișinău video
Personal information
Full name	Maxim Potîrniche
Date of birth	13 June 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Chişinău, Moldovan SSR
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Petrocub Hîncești
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2012	Academia UTM Chișinău
2012	Iskra-Stal Rîbnița
2013	Belshina Bobruisk
2014	Energetyk ROW Rybnik
2014	Zimbru Chișinău
2015–2017	Sheriff Tiraspol
2017–	Petrocub Hîncești
International career‡
2011–	Moldova
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2017

Maxim Potîrniche (born 13 June 1989 in Chişinău, Moldova) is a footballer who plays as a defender. He currently plays for Petrocub Hîncești as well as Moldova national football team.

Club career

In 2008 Maxim Potîrniche signed for his home town club, Moldovan outfit FC Academia, where he made 23 appearances in his first season.^[1]

On 10 August 2011 Potîrniche made his debut for the Moldova national football team in a friendly match against Cyprus.^[2]

Maxim Potîrniche declares himself Romanian^[3] and supports the reunification of Moldova and Romania.

^ Maxim Potîrniche at National-Football-Teams.com
^ http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/maxim-potirniche/4/
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)