Viorel Moldovan

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Viorel Moldovan
Personal information
Full name Viorel Moldovan
Date of birth July 8, 1972 (1972-07-08) (age 35)
Place of birth    Bistriţa, Romania
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Playing position Striker (retired)
Youth clubs
Gloria Bistriţa
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1990-1993
1993-1995
1995-1996
1996-1998
1998
1998-2000
2000-2003
2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005
2006-2007
Gloria Bistriţa
Dinamo Bucharest
Neuchâtel Xamax
Grasshoppers
Coventry City
Fenerbahçe
Nantes
Al-Wahda
Nantes
Servette
Poli Timişoara
Rapid Bucharest
84 (22)
60 (19)
32 (19)
51 (44)
10 (1)
53 (33)
57 (20)
- (-)
12 (11)
13 (3)
33 (8)
41 (15)   
National team2
1993-2006 Romania 70 (26)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of April 17, 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of April 17, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Dinu Viorel Moldovan (born July 8, 1972 in Bistriţa) is a retired Romanian football (soccer) forward, who was a key part of the Romanian national team in the 1990s. He is currently the sporting director of UFC Unirea Valahorum Urziceni.

On the club level, Moldovan played for Gloria Bistriţa (1990-93), Dinamo Bucureşti (1993-95), Neuchâtel Xamax (1995-96), Grasshoppers (1996-98), Coventry City (1998), Fenerbahçe (1998-2000), Nantes (2000-04), Servette (2004-05), Poli Timişoara (2005), and Rapid Bucureşti (2006-2007). The most successful years of his career occurred while playing for Fenerbahçe between 1998 and 2000 and for Nantes between 2000 and 2004

For Romania, Moldovan was capped 70 times, scoring 26 goals. He played for his country at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, Euro 96, the 1998 FIFA World Cup - during which he scored Romania's opening goal against England in the first round - and Euro 2000.