*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 March 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 March 2018
Claudiu Vaișcovici (born 14 October 1962) is a Romanian former footballstriker.
Club career
Claudiu Vaișcovici was born on 14 October 1962 in Galați.[2][3] He was brought at Sportul Studențesc București from junior club CSȘ Pajura, making his Divizia A debut on 4 April 1981 in a 2–0 victory against Universitatea Craiova.[2][3][4] Afterwards, he had some heart problems, which kept him off the field for two years, until Ilie Hagioglu, the president of Divizia B club, Dunărea Galați noticed him in a friendly and gave him the chance to play for his team.[2][4] In 1985 he transferred to neighboring team, Oțelul which he helped promote to the first league.[2][3] In 1987 Vaișcovici went to play for Victoria București, where he also made his debut in European competitions, playing four games in the 1987–88 UEFA Cup campaign as they got pass EPA Larnaca in the first round, being eliminated in the following one by Dinamo Tbilisi against whom he scored a goal.[2][3][5]
In the middle of the 1987–88 season, he was transferred at coach Mircea Lucescu's team, Dinamo București in exchange for Marian Damaschin, where in his first season he scored 22 goals in 16 Divizia A games, including six goals in a 9–1 victory against CSM Suceava and a brace in a 3–3 with rivalsSteaua București.[2][3][4][6] In the following season he appeared in six matches in the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup campaign, scoring two goals against Kuusysi Lahti, reaching the quarter-finals where they were eliminated on the away goals rule after 1–1 on aggregate by Sampdoria against whom he scored his side's goal.[2][7][8] In the 1989–90 season, Dinamo won The Double with Vaișcovici playing 21 Divizia A games in which he scored 14 goals and made four appearances in the cup, including in the 6–4 over Steaua from the final, also the team reached the 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals where they were eliminated after 2–0 on aggregate by Anderlecht with Vaișcovici playing eight games in the campaign.[2][3][4][9][10]
Claudiu Vaișcovici played 10 matches at international level for Romania, making his debut on 8 April 1987, under coach Emerich Jenei in a friendly which ended with a 3–2 victory against Israel.[13][14] He played three games at the successful 1990 World Cup qualifiers, without being selected to be part of the squad that participated at the final tournament.[13][15] Vaișcovici's last appearance for the national team took part on 31 August 1989 in a 0–0 with Portugal.[13]