Clement Pălimaru (born 4 February 1986) is a Romanian retired professional footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 February 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Botoșani, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2005 | LPS Botoșani | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2010 | Politehnica Iaşi | 43 | (4) |
| 2005 | → Cetatea Suceava (loan) | 13 | (5) |
| 2008 | → Petrolul Ploieşti (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2009 | → Cetatea Suceava (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2010 | Politehnica Iaşi | 12 | (3) |
| 2011 | FC Botoșani | 13 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | CF Brăila | 22 | (8) |
| 2012–2013 | CS Otopeni | 21 | (18) |
| 2013–2014 | Academica Clinceni | 11 | (7) |
| 2014 | Politehnica Iaşi | 18 | (10) |
| 2014–2016 | Gloria Buzău | 29 | (16) |
| Total | 198 | (76) | |
| International career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Romania U21 | 6 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editPolitehnica Iași
editPălimaru started playing football in his hometown, at the LPS Botoșani youth club. During the 2004–05 season, he and teammate Paul Tincu were picked up by Politehnica Iaşi, as they were the most promising players from the centre at that time.
In order to get more playing time, he was loaned to Cetatea Suceava.[1] After 13 matches and five goals scored in the second league (and also two goals against Rapid București in the Romanian Cup; Cetatea lost the match 3–2), he was called back to Politehnica, at that time in shortage of forwards.
Although Pălimaru did get a lot of play time, during the 2006–07 season he began to grow in form and was the team's top scorer in the training games during the winter break. He shortly broke the ice in Liga I, contributing with a goal in the 4–0 victory over Jiul Petroşani.[2]
International career
editPălimaru appeared five times for the Romania under-21 football team. In the 2009 European Under-21 Championship qualifiers he scored the only goal of the game against Malta, in the last minute, after coming on as a substitute.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Palimaru se antreneaza deja impreuna cu lotul Cetatii Suceava". sport365.ro (in Romanian). 11 November 2008. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ^ "Palimaru se antreneaza deja impreuna cu lotul Cetatii Suceava". hotnews.ro (in Romanian). 9 March 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
- ^ "Emil Sandoi: "Mi-e teama doar de starea terenului"". 9am.ro (in Romanian). 16 November 2007. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
External links
edit- Clement Pălimaru at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Clement Pălimaru at Soccerway
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