Vitalie Damașcan

Vitalie Damașcan (born 24 January 1999) is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a forward for RKC Waalwijk and the Moldova national team.

Vitalie Damașcan
Personal information
Full name Vitalie Damașcan
Date of birth (1999-01-24) 24 January 1999
Place of birth Soroca, Moldova
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 RKC Waalwijk
Number 99
Youth career
2013–2015 Zimbru Chișinău
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Zimbru-2 Chișinău[1] 34 (23)
2015–2017 Zimbru Chișinău 16 (1)
2017 Sheriff-2 Tiraspol[1] 3 (1)
2017–2018 Sheriff Tiraspol 23 (18)
2018– Torino 1 (0)
2018 → Sheriff Tiraspol (loan) 10 (4)
2019–2020 → Fortuna Sittard (loan) 19 (6)
2020– → RKC Waalwijk (loan) 15 (2)
National team‡
2015 Moldova U17[lower-alpha 1] 3 (1)
2016 Moldova U19[lower-alpha 1] 3 (0)
2017–2020 Moldova U21 10 (3)
2018– Moldova 16 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2020

Club career

Damașcan made his professional debut with Zimbru Chișinău on 29 November 2015 in a league match against Milsami Orhei.[2]

In 2017, Damașcan moved to rivals Sheriff Tiraspol on a free transfer.[3] He scored his first goal for Sheriff against his former club Zimbru Chișinău on 7 April. The match ended in 1–0 victory for Sheriff.[4] On 25 May, Damașcan scored a brace in the final of the 2016–17 Moldovan Cup against Zaria Bălți. Sheriff ended up lifting the trophy as they won the game 5–0.[5]

On 16 July 2018, he was announced as a new signing by Italian club Torino.[6]

International career

On 27 January 2018, Damașcan made his international debut for Moldova. He played 77 minutes in a 0–1 friendly defeat to South Korea before being replaced.[7]

On 13 June 2017, Damașcan scored his first two goals for Moldova's U21 team against San Marino in 2019 European U21 Qualifiers.[8]

Personal life

Damașcan is the younger brother of his former Zimbru Chișinău teammate Ilie.

International goals
Scores and results list Moldovas goal tally first.[9]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 November 2018San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino San Marino1–01–02018–19 UEFA Nations League D

Honours

Club

Sheriff Tiraspol

References
  1. Zimbru-2/Sheriff-2 statistics moldpres.md
  2. "Zimbru vs. Milsami 2-1". Soccerway. 29 November 2015.
  3. "Vitalie Damașcan s-a transferat la Sheriff". Moldfootball. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  4. "Divizia Naţională 2016/2017, Etapa 27 (se actualizează)" (in Romanian).moldfootball.com
  5. "Sheriff cucereşte pentru a noua oară în istoria sa Cupa Moldovei". Moldfootball. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. "Damascan al Toro". TORINO FC 1906 SITO UFFICIALE (in Italian). Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  7. "Match report" (in Romanian).fmf.md.
  8. "U-21 / SAN MARINO - MOLDOVA 0-2" (in Romanian).fmf.md
  9. "Damașcan, Vitalie". National Football Teams. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

Notes
  1. Only official UEFA matches included


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