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Cosmin Pașcovici
Personal information
Full name Cosmin Mihai Pașcovici
Date of birth (1978-04-12) 12 April 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Suceava, Romania
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Left-back / Centre-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997 Rocar București 3 (0)
1998 Foresta Fălticeni II 14 (0)
1998–1999 Politehnica Iași 6 (0)
1999–2000 Dorna Vatra Dornei
2000–2002 Baia Mare 36 (3)
2002 Petrolul Ploiești 12 (1)
2003–2006 Farul Constanța 79 (9)
2006–2007 Dinamo București 4 (0)
2007–2009 UTA Arad 31 (0)
2009–2011 Farul Constanța 24 (0)
2011–2012 Eolica Baia
Total 209 (13)
International career
2005 Romania 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cosmin Mihai Pașcovici (born 12 April 1978) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

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Cosmin Pașcovici was born on 12 April 1978 in Suceava, Romania, starting to play football in 1997 at Rocar București in Divizia B.[1][2][3] Half of year later he moved to Foresta Fălticeni II, then in the following season he went at Politehnica Iași.[1][2][3] He spent the 1999–2000 season in Divizia C at Dorna Vatra Dornei, returning afterwards to Divizia B football as he signed with Baia Mare.[1][2][3] In 2001, Pașcovici went to play for Petrolul Ploiești where on 27 October he made his Divizia A debut in a 3–0 home win over Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, scoring his first goal in the competition on 16 March 2002 when he closed the score in a 2–1 loss in the Ploiești derby with Astra.[1][2][3][4] He stayed only half of year with Petrolul, going to play for Farul Constanța.[1][2][3] In the 2004–05 season he scored a personal record of five goals, firstly in a 1–0 with Dinamo București, the other ones being in victories against Politehnica Timișoara, Rapid București and both legs with Apulum Alba Iulia.[1][5] At the end of the season, Farul reached the 2005 Cupa României final where coach Petre Grigoraș used him as a starter, replacing him with Mihai Baicu in the 75th minute of a 1–0 loss with Dinamo București.[6][7]

For the 2006–07 season, Pașcovici went to play for Dinamo București, coach Mircea Rednic using him in four games as the team won the title but he left the club in the middle of it to go at UTA Arad.[1][2][3][8] In the same season he played two games in the early stages of Dinamo's UEFA Cup campaign, helping the club pass Hibernians and Skoda Xanthi as they reached the sixteenths-finals.[1][9] On 1 December 2007, Pașcovici made his last appearance in the Romanian first league, playing for UTA in a 3–1 away loss with his former team, Dinamo, having a total of 110 appearances and 10 goals scored in the competition.[1] Afterwards UTA relegated to the second league where he stayed with the club for one season, then going back to play for two seasons at Farul in the same division.[1][2][3] Pașcovici ended his career by playing in the 2011–12 third league for Eolica Baia.[1]

International career

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Cosmin Pașcovici made one appearance at international level for Romania on 17 August 2005 when coach Victor Pițurcă sent him on the field in the 80th minute in order to replace Răzvan Raț in a 2–0 home win over Andorra at the 2006 World Cup qualifiers.[3][10]

Controversies

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During his spell at UTA, Cosmin Pașcovici got into a physical confrontation with a fan of the team.[11] In his second spell at Farul he had similar incident as he was punched several times by a fan.[12]

Honours

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Farul Constanța

Dinamo București

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Cosmin Pașcovici at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Transformarea radicală a lui Cosmin Pașcovici, fostul jucător de la Dinamo. Cum arată și cu ce se ocupă acum fostul fundaș" [The radical transformation of Cosmin Pašcovici, the former player from Dinamo. What does the former defender look like and what does he do now?] (in Romanian). As.ro. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Fostul fotbalist Cosmin Pașcovici, antrenor în cadrul Academiei FC Farul" [Former footballer Cosmin Pașcovici, coach at FC Farul Academy] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Romania 2001/02". Rsssf.org. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Cosmin Pașcovici. Liga 1 2004/2005". WorldFootball. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 2004–2005". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Cum își duc traiul așii de Cupă ai Farului" [How the Farul Aces of the Cup make a living] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 18 January 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Cosmin Pașcovici. UEFA Cup Qualifiers 2006/2007". WorldFootball. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
    "Cosmin Pașcovici. UEFA Cup 2006/2007". WorldFootball. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
    "Benfica - Dinamo 1-0. Ne-am inecat la mal" [Benfica - Dinamo 1-0. We drowned at the shore] (in Romanian). Hotnews.ro. 14 February 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
    "Dinamo - Benfica 1-2" (in Romanian). Hotnews.ro. 22 February 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Cosmin Pașcovici". European Football. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
    "Romania 2-0 Andorra". European Football. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  11. ^ "INCREDIBIL! Pașcovici a bătut un suporter arădean!" [INCREDIBLE! Pașcovici beat a supporter from Arad!] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
    "INCREDIBIL! Pașcovic a bătut un suporter arădean!" [INCREDIBLE! Pașcovici beat a supporter from Arad!] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  12. ^ "INCREDIBIL: Pascovici a fost BATUT de seful galeriei de la Farul! Vezi cum arata:" [INCREDIBLE: Pascovici was BEATEN by the head of the gallery from Farul! See how it looks:] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 4 June 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
    "Liderul galeriei Farului s-a bătut cu Pașcovici. Pumni pe Litoral" [The leader of the Farului gallery fought with Pașcovici. Punches on the Coast] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 5 June 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
    "În 2010, Cosmin Pașcovici a primit "perversa" de la șeful galeriei Farului. "Martinovici a făcut bine că a intervenit, putea ieși mai rău!"" [In 2010, Cosmin Pașcovici received the "perverse" from the head of the Farului gallery. "Martinovici did well to intervene, it could have turned out worse!"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
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