Football Query

Player · Moldova · Forward

Ion Nicolaescu

Goals from 3 Sep 2020 to 16 Nov 2025

Caps
54
Starts
45
Minutes
3,688
Win % when playing
24.1%
Goals
17
Matches scored in
16
Penalties
5
Hat-tricks
0
For their side
1st of 70
Yellow cards
8
Sent off
1
Minutes per goal
217

Goals by year

FinalsQualifiersFriendlies
202020212022202320242025

Tallest: 5 · Year

When they scored

By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.

1–15′16–30′31–45′46–60′61–75′76–90′ET

Tallest: 5 · Minute

What the goals did

Opening goal5
Pulled one back5
Winning goal3
Equaliser3
Extended lead1

Moldova with and without them

Moldova's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.

With them541312294311524.1%
Without them243219124712.5%

Played most alongside10

Vadim Rata42
Oleg Reabciuk40
Veaceslav Posmac40
Sergiu Platica33
Artur Ionita31
Vitalie Damascan29
Artur Craciun28
Mihail Caimacov28
Maxim Cojocaru24
Nichita Motpan24

Faced most10

Gilli Ròlantsson SorensenFaroe Islands4
Gunnar VatnhamarFaroe Islands4
Klaemint OlsenFaroe Islands4
Odmar FaeroFaroe Islands4
Sölvi VatnhamarFaroe Islands4
Brandur Hendriksson OlsenFaroe Islands3
Christian GarciaAndorra3
Dor PeretzIsrael3
Eli DasaIsrael3
Heini VatnsdalFaroe Islands3

Against12

Poland32
Faroe Islands22
Israel22
Latvia22
Andorra11
Austria11
Estonia11
Kazakhstan11
Kosovo11
Liechtenstein11
Malta11
Sweden11

At tournaments6

Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.

FIFA World Cup qualification 202522
UEFA Nations League 202411
UEFA Euro qualification 202343
UEFA Nations League 202255
FIFA World Cup qualification 202133
UEFA Nations League 202011

Every goal17

16 Nov 2025v Israel1–437′—Equaliser1–1FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
25 Mar 2025v Estonia2–367′—Pulled one back1–2FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
7 Sep 2024v Malta2–045′penExtended lead2–0UEFA Nations League 2024
15 Oct 2023v Poland1–126′—Opening goal1–0UEFA Euro qualification 2023
12 Oct 2023v Sweden1–339′—Pulled one back1–2Friendly
20 Jun 2023v Poland3–279′—Equaliser2–2UEFA Euro qualification 2023
20 Jun 2023v Poland3–248′—Pulled one back1–2UEFA Euro qualification 2023
24 Mar 2023v Faroe Islands1–187′penEqualiser1–1UEFA Euro qualification 2023
22 Sep 2022v Latvia2–145′—Winning goal2–0UEFA Nations League 2022
14 Jun 2022v Andorra2–150′penWinning goal2–1UEFA Nations League 2022
10 Jun 2022v Latvia2–45′penOpening goal1–0UEFA Nations League 2022
3 Jun 2022v Liechtenstein2–05′penWinning goal1–0UEFA Nations League 2022
24 Mar 2022v Kazakhstan1–245′—Opening goal1–0UEFA Nations League 2022
15 Nov 2021v Austria1–460′—Pulled one back1–3FIFA World Cup qualification 2021
12 Oct 2021v Israel1–290′—Pulled one back1–2FIFA World Cup qualification 2021
25 Mar 2021v Faroe Islands1–19′—Opening goal1–0FIFA World Cup qualification 2021
3 Sep 2020v Kosovo1–120′—Opening goal1–0UEFA Nations League 2020

Every match on record54

In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.

16 Nov 2025v Israel1–4started, off 66′661—FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
13 Nov 2025v Italy0–2started, off 75′75——FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
9 Sep 2025v Norway1–11started90——FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
9 Jun 2025v Italy0–2started, off 72′72—YellowFIFA World Cup qualification 2025
6 Jun 2025v Poland0–2started, off 65′65——Friendly
25 Mar 2025v Estonia2–3started901YellowFIFA World Cup qualification 2025
22 Mar 2025v Norway0–5started, off 65′65——FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
16 Nov 2024v Andorra1–0started90——UEFA Nations League 2024
10 Sep 2024v San Marino1–0started, off 74′74——Friendly
7 Sep 2024v Malta2–0started, off 70′701—UEFA Nations League 2024
11 Jun 2024v Ukraine0–4started, off 61′61——Friendly
8 Jun 2024v Cyprus3–2started, off 77′77——Friendly
22 Mar 2024v North Macedonia1–1came on 58′32——Friendly
20 Nov 2023v Czech Republic0–3started, off 65′65——UEFA Euro qualification 2023
17 Nov 2023v Albania1–1started, off 76′76——UEFA Euro qualification 2023
15 Oct 2023v Poland1–1started, off 79′791—UEFA Euro qualification 2023
12 Oct 2023v Sweden1–3started, off 64′641—Friendly
10 Sep 2023v Faroe Islands1–0started, off 77′77——UEFA Euro qualification 2023
7 Sep 2023v Austria1–1started, off 62′62——Friendly
20 Jun 2023v Poland3–2started, off 85′852YellowUEFA Euro qualification 2023
17 Jun 2023v Albania0–2started, off 65′65——UEFA Euro qualification 2023
27 Mar 2023v Czech Republic0–0started, off 83′83——UEFA Euro qualification 2023
24 Mar 2023v Faroe Islands1–1started901—UEFA Euro qualification 2023
25 Sep 2022v Liechtenstein2–0started, off 76′76—YellowUEFA Nations League 2022
22 Sep 2022v Latvia2–1started, off 73′731—UEFA Nations League 2022
14 Jun 2022v Andorra2–1started, off 78′781—UEFA Nations League 2022
10 Jun 2022v Latvia2–4started, off 80′801—UEFA Nations League 2022
6 Jun 2022v Andorra0–0started90——UEFA Nations League 2022
3 Jun 2022v Liechtenstein2–0started, off 83′831—UEFA Nations League 2022
29 Mar 2022v Kazakhstan1–0started120——UEFA Nations League 2022
24 Mar 2022v Kazakhstan1–2started901—UEFA Nations League 2022
15 Nov 2021v Austria1–4came on 58′321—FIFA World Cup qualification 2021
12 Nov 2021v Scotland0–2started, off 71′71——FIFA World Cup qualification 2021
12 Oct 2021v Israel1–2came on 45′451—FIFA World Cup qualification 2021
9 Oct 2021v Denmark0–4started, off 79′79——FIFA World Cup qualification 2021
7 Sep 2021v Faroe Islands1–2started90——FIFA World Cup qualification 2021
6 Jun 2021v Azerbaijan1–0came on 58′32——Friendly
3 Jun 2021v Turkey0–2came on 67′23——Friendly
31 Mar 2021v Israel1–4started49—RedFIFA World Cup qualification 2021
28 Mar 2021v Denmark0–8started, off 75′75——FIFA World Cup qualification 2021

Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.