PLAYER PROFILE

Ion Nicolaescu.

Maccabi Tel Aviv · Moldova

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At a glance

Full name: Ion Nicolaescu
Born: 07 Sep 1998
Age today: 28
Nationality: Moldova

Career by season

214 recorded appearances

Ion Nicolaescu appearances by season, competition and team
Season	Competition	Team	Apps	Starts	Goals	Assists	Minutes	Cards
25/26	UEFA Europa League	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	2	0	0	198	1
25/26	UEFA Champions League	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1	0	0	0	20	0
25/26	Israeli Super Cup - Champ of Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1	0	0	0	27	1
25/26	Israeli Premier League	Maccabi Tel Aviv	9	6	2	1	363	0
2025	World Cup Qual. UEFA	Moldova	6	6	2	0	458	2
24/25	UEFA Nations League	Moldova	2	2	1	0	160	0
24/25	KNVB Beker	SC Heerenveen	3	1	3	0	152	0
24/25	International Friendly Games	Moldova	3	2	0	0	151	0
24/25	Eredivisie	SC Heerenveen	25	13	8	0	1,271	1
23/24	UEFA Conference League	Beitar Jerusalem	2	1	0	0	135	0
23/24	KNVB Beker	SC Heerenveen	1	0	0	0	17	0
23/24	Israeli Super Cup - Champ of Champions	Beitar Jerusalem	1	0	0	0	20	0
23/24	International Friendly Games	Moldova	6	4	2	0	369	0
23/24	Eredivisie	SC Heerenveen	19	7	5	1	727	1
22/23	UEFA Nations League	Moldova	6	6	4	0	480	1
22/23	UEFA Conference League	DAC Dunajska Streda	4	0	0	1	122	0
22/23	Slovensky Pohar	DAC Dunajska Streda	1	1	0	0	90	0
2022/2023	Niké Liga	DAC Dunajska Streda	9	1	1	1	269	0
22/23	Israeli State Cup	Beitar Jerusalem	4	4	3	2	330	1
22/23	Israeli Premier League	Beitar Jerusalem	20	20	14	4	1,751	6
22/23	EURO, Qualification	Moldova	8	8	4	1	619	1
2022	UEFA Nations League	Moldova	2	2	1	0	210	0
21/22	UEFA Conference League	DAC Dunajska Streda	2	0	0	0	25	1
21/22	Slovensky Pohar	DAC Dunajska Streda	2	1	1	0	75	0
2021/2022	Niké Liga	DAC Dunajska Streda	8	5	0	0	427	1
21/22	Israeli Premier League	Maccabi Petah Tikva	8	6	4	2	579	0
2021	World Cup Qual. UEFA	Moldova	8	6	3	0	589	0 / 1 red
20/21	UEFA Nations League	Moldova	4	4	1	0	317	3
20/21	UEFA Europa League	DAC Dunajska Streda	2	0	2	0	72	0
20/21	Slovensky Pohar	DAC Dunajska Streda	3	2	1	1	185	0
2020/2021	Niké Liga	DAC Dunajska Streda	15	4	4	1	587	1
20/21	International Friendly Games	Moldova	4	2	0	0	198	0
19/20	International Friendly Games	Moldova U21	1	1	0	0	67	0
2020	Belarus Vysheyshaya Liga	FK Vitebsk	18	17	9	1	1,375	3

Appearances in our supported competitions. Goals, assists and minutes come from match reports where we have them.

Match log

Newest first

Ion Nicolaescu match log
Date	Competition	Match	Score	Minutes	Goals
10 Sep 2023	EURO, Qualification	Faroe Islands v Moldova	0 – 1	77
07 Sep 2023	International Friendly Games	Austria v Moldova	1 – 1	62
02 Sep 2023	Eredivisie	Go Ahead Eagles v SC Heerenveen	3 – 2	64
27 Aug 2023	Eredivisie	SC Heerenveen v Sparta Rotterdam	1 – 3	88
20 Aug 2023	Eredivisie	FC Utrecht v SC Heerenveen	0 – 2	78
12 Aug 2023	Eredivisie	SC Heerenveen v RKC Waalwijk	3 – 1	90	1
03 Aug 2023	UEFA Conference League	Beitar Jerusalem v PAOK ThessalonikiSubstitute, on 46′	1 – 4	45
27 Jul 2023	UEFA Conference League	PAOK Thessaloniki v Beitar Jerusalem	0 – 0	90
22 Jul 2023	Israeli Super Cup - Champ of Champions	Maccabi Haifa v Beitar JerusalemSubstitute, on 70′	3 – 1	20
20 Jun 2023	EURO, Qualification	Moldova v Poland	3 – 2	85	2
17 Jun 2023	EURO, Qualification	Albania v Moldova	2 – 0	65
23 May 2023	Israeli State Cup	Maccabi Netanya v Beitar Jerusalem	0 – 3	63	1
27 Mar 2023	EURO, Qualification	Moldova v Czechia	0 – 0	82
24 Mar 2023	EURO, Qualification	Moldova v Faroe Islands	1 – 1	90	1
11 Mar 2023	Israeli Premier League	Ihud Bnei Sakhnin v Beitar Jerusalem	2 – 0	90
05 Mar 2023	Israeli Premier League	Beitar Jerusalem v Hapoel Tel Aviv	1 – 3	90
25 Feb 2023	Israeli Premier League	Maccabi Haifa v Beitar Jerusalem	2 – 1	66
19 Feb 2023	Israeli Premier League	Hapoel Haifa v Beitar Jerusalem	0 – 0	90
11 Feb 2023	Israeli Premier League	Beitar Jerusalem v FC Ashdod	2 – 1	89	1
04 Feb 2023	Israeli Premier League	Ironi Kiryat Shmona v Beitar Jerusalem	0 – 3	90	2

Career transfers

10 recorded moves

All recorded career moves, newest first.

Ion Nicolaescu career transfers
Date	From	To	Move	Fee
01 Jul 2025	SC Heerenveen	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Transfer	€1.3m
07 Aug 2023	Beitar Jerusalem	SC Heerenveen	Transfer	€1.3m
23 Sep 2022	DAC Dunajska Streda	Beitar Jerusalem	Transfer	€90k
30 Jun 2022	Maccabi Petah Tikva	DAC Dunajska Streda	Loan return
07 Jan 2022	DAC Dunajska Streda	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Loan	—
16 Sep 2020	Shakhter Soligorsk (- 2025)	DAC Dunajska Streda	Transfer	€250k
15 Sep 2020	FK Vitebsk	Shakhter Soligorsk (- 2025)	Loan return
21 Jan 2020	Shakhter Soligorsk (- 2025)	FK Vitebsk	Loan	—
12 Aug 2018	FC Zimbru Chisinau	Shakhter Soligorsk (- 2025)	Transfer	€100k
01 Jul 2017	FC Zimbru Chisinau U19	FC Zimbru Chisinau	Internal move	—

Contracts and market values are not available yet.