Ghenadie Ochincă

Ghenadie Ochincă (born 1 March 1984) is a Moldovan footballer who plays as a defender for Dacia Buiucani in the Moldovan National Division.

Ghenadie Ochincă
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-03-01) 1 March 1984[1]
Place of birth Kishinev, Moldovan SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Dacia Buiucani
Number 3
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Politehnica Chișinău 49 (0)
2008 Gloria Buzău 1 (0)
2009 Iskra-Stal 10 (0)
2010 Rapid Ghidighici 15 (0)
2011 Academia Chișinău 11 (0)
2011 Milsami Orhei 5 (0)
2012 Sfântul Gheorghe 3 (0)
2012–2013 Speranța Crihana Veche 14 (1)
2015–2016 Speranța Nisporeni 18 (1)
2017 Sfântul Gheorghe 7 (0)
2018–2020 Codru Lozova 3 (0)
2020– Dacia Buiucani 1 (0)
International career
2001 Moldova U16 1 (0)
2005 Moldova U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 April 2021

He previously played for numerous Moldovan top-division clubs, and for Gloria Buzău in the Romanian Liga I. He was capped for Moldova at under-16 and under-21 level.

Club career

Ochincă was born in Kishinev, then in the Moldovan SSR, Soviet Union, which is now Chișinău, Moldova.[2]

He played football for Politehnica Chişinău from 2005 until the 2007–08 season winter break.

After a trial with Universitatea Cluj where he impressed, but whose sporting director felt they needed more established players to assist their fight against relegation,[3] Ochincă signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Romanian Liga I side Gloria Buzău for a salary reported as €20,000 per season. The move was completed on 28 February 2008 after a delay in obtaining international clearance.[4][5] He said he dreamt of playing for a big European club, and was making an important move by coming to a much stronger league than in Moldova.[6] However, he made only one league appearance in six months with the club, playing the whole of the 2–0 away defeat at Unirea Urziceni on 20 March,[7] before being transfer-listed.[8] If he was unable to find another top-flight club in Romania, he was expected to return home to Moldova.[9]

He had a trial with Romanian Liga II club Unirea Alba Iulia in August 2008,[10] but ended up back home in Moldova with Iskra-Stal. He played ten league games, and made two substitute appearances in the second qualifying round of the Europa League,[11][12] before Iskra-Stal released him during the 2009–10 winter break.[13]

He then played for FC Rapid Ghidighici.

After a trial with Sfîntul Gheorghe in January 2011,[14] he joined Academia UTM. He made 11 appearances in the top division before leaving at the end of the season.[15]

In June 2011, he signed a two-year contract with Milsami,[16] and went straight into the squad for the club's first ever match in European competition, the Europa League first qualifying round away to Dinamo Tbilisi four days later. He had an eventful debut: within seven minutes of replacing Adrian Grigoruță in the second half, he made an error that led to Dinamo's second goal and then received a yellow card for fouling the goalscorer.[17][18] He played only a few league games before completing the season with Sfîntul Gheorghe.

In June 2012 he joined Speranţa Crihana Veche, newly promoted to the National Division.[19]

International career

Ochincă represented Moldova under-16 team during the qualification campaign for the 2001 UEFA Under-16 Championships. He made his debut in a 2–2 draw against Israel on 5 March 2001.[1] In February 2005, he was capped for the under-21 team, coming on as a late substitute in a friendly match away to Romania under-21 which Moldova lost 2–1.[20]

References
  1. "UEFA Europa League: Quick profile: Ghenadie Ochincă". UEFA. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  2. "G. Ochincă". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  3. Jacodi, Cristian (14 December 2007). "'U' a renuntat la Ghenadie Ochinca" ['U' turn down Ghenadie Ochinca]. Citynews Cluj (in Romanian). Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  4. Baltag, Mihai (27 February 2008). "Vigariu poate debuta in Cupă" [Vigariu might make his debut in the Cup]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  5. "Avancronica meciului Gloria Buzau – Politehnica Iasi" [Match preview Gloria Buzau – Politehnica Iasi] (in Romanian). Sport365.ro. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  6. Baltag, Mihai (14 February 2008). "Transferul la Gloria e un pas important" ['Moving to Gloria is a big step']. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). Retrieved 16 August 2012. Visez să joc la o echipă mare din Europa. Am făcut un pas important, venind într-un campionat mult mai puternic decît cel al Moldovei.
  7. "Liga I: 2007–08: Round 24". Romanian Soccer. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  8. "Buzău a renunţat la Ochincă" (in Romanian). eurofotbal.com. 11 June 2008.
  9. Baltag, Mihai (11 June 2008). "Jozici, Nejneru, Ochincă, Gheorghiţă şi Barbu, puşi pe lista de transferări" [Jozici, etc., put on transfer list]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  10. Henegar, Dan (12 August 2008). "Ochincă în probe" [Ochincă on trial]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  11. "2009/10 UEFA Europa League: Iskra-Stal – Cherno More". UEFA. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  12. "2011/12 UEFA Europa League: Cherno More – Iskra-Stal". UEFA. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  13. "Maxim Mihailov s-a alăturat lui Alexei Casian, Denis Chiriliuc şi Alexandru Popovici" [Maxim Mihailov signed Alexei Casian, etc.] (in Romanian). sports.md. 6 March 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  14. "'Sfintul Gheorghe' se pregateste pentru partea a doua a campionatului" [Sfintul Gheorghe preparing for the second half of the season] (in Romanian). sports.md. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  15. "Academia UTM nu vrea să lupte pentru titlu" [Academia UTM doesn't want to challenge for title] (in Romanian). Publika TV. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  16. "Milsami se întăreşte pentru Liga Europei" [Milsami strengthening for the Europa League] (in Romanian). sports.md. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  17. "2011/12 UEFA Europa League: Dinamo Tbilisi–Milsami". UEFA. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  18. "Dinamo Tbilisi – Milsami Orhei, scor 2:0" (in Romanian). Publika TV. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  19. "Igor Ursachi ar putea fi noul antrenor al FC Speranţa" [Igor Ursachi could be the new coach of FC Speranţa] (in Romanian). Publika TV. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  20. "National team Under 21: 2005". Romanian Soccer. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
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