Radu Rebeja
![]() Rebeja in 2015 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 8 June 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Chişinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1999 | FC Zimbru Chişinău | 195 | (43) |
1999–2000 | FC Uralan Elista | 52 | (0) |
2001–2003 | FC Saturn Ramenskoye | 81 | (1) |
2004–2008 | FC Moscow | 110 | (3) |
2008 | FC Khimki | 8 | (0) |
Total | 446 | (47) | |
International career | |||
1991–2008 | Moldova | 74 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Radu Rebeja (born 8 June 1973) is a Moldovan former football player who played as defensive midfielder or centre-back. He has been a leader and captain of the Moldova national football team for 74 matches and was formerly the captain of FC Moscow.
Awards
[edit]In 2006, he was awarded the Moldovan Footballer of the Year award. Rebeja is also one of the most capped Moldova national football team players.
Rebeja was one of the 11 Moldovan football players to be challenged to a game of tennis by Tony Hawks and is featured in his 2012 book Playing the Moldovans at Tennis.
Post-football achievements
[edit]In 2008, he ended his career as a professional football player and became the Vice President of the Moldovan Football Federation.
In 2015, he took up the post of Adviser for Youth and Sports to the Prime Minister of Moldova, Chiril Gaburici.
In 2018, he was selected as the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research.
In 2019, he became an independent deputy in the Parliament of Moldova.
In August 2019, he opened a professional football academy called Academia de Fotbal Radu Rebeja (The Radu Rebeja Football Academy).
International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Moldova's goal tally first.[1]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 8 October 1995 | Ulrich Haberland Stadion, Leverkusen, Germany | ![]() |
1–6 | 1–6 | Euro 1996 qualifier |
2. | 5 September 2001 | FK Ozeta Dukla Stadium, Trenčín, Slovakia | ![]() |
2–4 | 2–4 | 2002 World Cup qualifier |
References
[edit]- ^ "Match log for Radu Rebeja". eu-football.info. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
External links
[edit]- Radu Rebeja – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Radu Rebeja at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile at FK Moscow at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-10-07)
- Website of Rebeja's football academy
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Moldovan men's footballers
- Moldova men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- FC Zimbru Chișinău players
- Moldovan Super Liga players
- FC Leon Saturn Ramenskoye players
- FC Moscow players
- FC Elista players
- Russian Premier League players
- Moldovan expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
- FC Khimki players
- Soviet men's footballers
- Moldovan expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Moldovan football biography stubs