Vitalie Damașcan

Vitalie Damașcan (born 24 January 1999) is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Swiss Super League club Stade Lausanne Ouchy, on loan from Romanian Liga I club Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe and the Moldova national team.

Vitalie Damașcan
Damașcan playing against Czech Republic in 2022
Damașcan with Moldova in 2023
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
Team information
Current team
 Stade Lausanne Ouchy
(on loan from Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe)
Number 11
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)
2018–2021 Torino 1 (0)
2018 → Sheriff Tiraspol (loan) 10 (4)
2019–2020 → Fortuna Sittard (loan) 19 (6)
2020–2021 → RKC Waalwijk (loan) 19 (2)
2021– Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 36 (4)
2022–2023 → Voluntari (loan) 28 (9)
2024– → Stade Lausanne Ouchy (loan) 9 (2)
International career‡
2015 Moldova U17[lower-alpha 1] 3 (1)
2016 Moldova U19[lower-alpha 1] 3 (0)
2017–2020 Moldova U21 10 (3)
2018– Moldova 36 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

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 qualification.[8]

International stats
As of match played 26 March 2024[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Moldova 201891
201940
202030
202141
202240
2023101
202422
Total365

International goals
Scores and results list Moldova's goal tally first.[9]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 November 2018Stadio Olimpico di Serravalle, Serravalle, San Marino San Marino1–01–02018–19 UEFA Nations League D
2.6 June 2021Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova Azerbaijan1–01–0Friendly
3.7 September 2023Raiffeisen Arena, Linz, Austria Austria1–01–1Friendly
4.22 March 2024Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey North Macedonia1–11–1Friendly
5.26 March 2024Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey Cayman Islands1–04–0Friendly

Personal life

Damașcan's elder brother, Ilie is also a professional footballer.[10]

Honours

Sheriff Tiraspol

Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe

Individual

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 Națională 2016/2017, Etapa 27" (in Romanian).moldfootball.com
  5. "Sheriff cucerește 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.
  10. "Ilie și Vitalie Damașcan: Nici un virus nu poate ucide fotbalul". observatorul.md. 2 May 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2023.

Notes
  1. Only official UEFA matches included
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