Dmitri Mandrîcenco (born 13 May 1997) is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Moldova national team. He currently plays for DFK Dainava in Lithuania.[3]

Dmitri Mandrîcenco
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-05-13) 13 May 1997 (age 26)[1]
Place of birth Tiraspol, Moldova
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder[2]
Team information
Current team
DFK Dainava
Number 19
Youth career
2011–2012 Sheriff Tiraspol
2013–2014 RVUFK Kyiv
2014–2015 Vorskla Poltava
2016–2017 Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol 5 (1)
2017 Spicul Chișcăreni 9 (2)
2018–2020 Sfîntul Gheorghe 52 (11)
2018Tighina (loan)
2021 Saburtalo Tbilisi 33 (9)
2022–2023 Inhulets Petrove 0 (0)
2022Motor Lublin (loan) 8 (0)
2023– DFK Dainava 10 (1)
International career
Moldova U17
2016 Moldova U19 2 (0)
2019 Moldova U21 2 (0)
2022– Moldova 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2022

Club career edit

Mandrîcenco was born in Tiraspol, Moldova, and started his youth career with Sheriff Tiraspol. He later played youth football in Ukraine for RVUFK Kyiv, Vorskla Poltava and Dynamo Kyiv. He started his senior career in Moldova, before moving to Georgia and Saburtalo Tbilisi in January 2021. In January 2022, he joined Ukrainian side Inhulets Petrove.[2][4] On 6 April 2022, Mandrîcenco signed a contract with Motor Lublin.[5]

International career edit

Having represented Moldova at under-17, under-19 and under-21 level, Mandrîcenco made his senior international debut for the country on 18 January 2022 against Uganda. Starting the match, he scored a goal after just 10 minutes of play.[6]

International goals edit

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 18 January 2022 Titanic Deluxe Belek Football Center, Belek, Turkey   Uganda 1–0 2–3 Friendly

Personal life edit

Mandrîcenco holds both Moldovan and Ukrainian citizenship. He comes from a footballing family; his brother Constantin Mandrîcenco is a footballer, and his father Nicolae Mandrîcenco and his uncle Ivan Mandricenco were also footballers.[4]

Honours edit

Saburtalo Tbilisi
Tighina
Sfîntul Gheorghe

References edit

  1. ^ a b Dmitri Mandrîcenco at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ a b Dmitri Mandrîcenco at Global Sports Archive
  3. ^ Dmitri Mandrîcenco at Soccerway
  4. ^ a b Dmitri Mandrîcenco at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
  5. ^ "Dmitri Mandricenco piłkarzem Motoru Lublin". motorlublin.eu (in Polish). Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  6. ^ Daghi, Victor (21 January 2022). "Faceți cunoștință: Dmitri Mandrîcenco". Moldovan Football Federation (in Romanian). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  7. ^ ""Тигина" Бендеры". www.footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  8. ^ "PETROCUB ESTE NOUA DEȚINĂTOARE A CUPEI MOLDOVEI ORANGE, DUPĂ CE A ÎNVINS ÎN FINALĂ SF.GHEORGHE CU 5-3". www.fmf.md. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

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