Pavel Cebanu

Pavel Cebanu
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-03-28) 28 March 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Reni, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1972 Lokomotiv Reni
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1985 Nistru Chişinău 341 (45)
Managerial career
1990 Nistru Chişinău
1992–1993 Amocom Chișinău
1993–1994 Olimpia Satu Mare
1994–1995 Codru Lozova
1994–1995 Speranța Nisporeni
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pavel Cebanu (born 28 March 1955) is a former Moldovan football player who played as a midfielder. He spent his entire career, from 1973 to 1985, at the Moldovan side Nistru Chişinău. He was captain for many years and played 372 games scoring 46 goals.[1]

He was the president of the Football Federation of Moldova, for 22 years from 1997 to 2019 and was succeeded by Leonid Oleinicenco.

In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player of Moldova by the Football Federation of Moldova as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years.[2]

  1. ^ "Pavel Cebanu, la 66 de ani!". fmf.md (in Romanian). 28 March 2021. Archived from the original on 22 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Moldova's Cebanu still showing the way". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2016.