Adrian Cașcaval

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Adrian Cașcaval

| image = File:Adrian Cașcaval.jpg

| image_size = 250

| caption = Cașcaval warming up for Chelmsford City in 2019

| fullname = Adrian Cașcaval

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|06|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Chişinău, Moldovan SSR, Soviet Union

| height = 1.94 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| years1 = 2007–2012

| clubs1 = Academia Chişinău

| caps1 = 110

| goals1 = 13

| years2 = 2012

| clubs2 = Kaisar

| caps2 = 6

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2012–2013

| clubs3 = Academia Chişinău

| caps3 = 24

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2013–2014

| clubs4 = Veris

| caps4 = 32

| goals4 = 5

| years5 = 2014

| clubs5 = Costuleni

| caps5 = 3

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2015

| clubs6 = Olmaliq

| caps6 = 15

| goals6 = 2

| years7 = 2015

| clubs7 = Neftchi Fergana

| caps7 = 14

| goals7 = 2

| years8 = 2016

| clubs8 = Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol

| caps8 = 10

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2016–2017

| clubs9 = Luch-Energiya Vladivostok

| caps9 = 24

| goals9 = 1

| years10 = 2017

| clubs10 = Naxxar Lions

| caps10 = 11

| goals10 = 1

| years11 = 2018

| clubs11 = Víkingur

| caps11 = 23

| goals11 = 6

| years12 = 2018–2020

| clubs12 = Chelmsford City

| caps12 = 47

| goals12 = 1

| years13 = 2020

| clubs13 = Romford

| caps13 = 4

| goals13 = 0

| totalcaps = 323

| totalgoals = 34

| nationalyears1 = 2011–2017

| nationalteam1 = Moldova

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 31 October 2020

| ntupdate = 9 May 2019

}}

Adrian Cașcaval (born 10 June 1987) is a former Moldovan football player.

Club career

Cașcaval began his career with hometown club Academia Chişinău, where he stayed for five years, before moving to Kazakh club Kaisar. After just six league games with Kaisar, Cașcaval returned to Academia Chişinău. Cașcaval made 24 Moldovan National Division appearances on his return to the club, signing for Veris in the summer of 2013.{{Soccerway | id= 39322| name= Adrian Cașcaval | accessdate= 30 November 2018 }} In October 2014, Cașcaval signed a contract with Costuleni.{{cite web|url= http://moldova.sports.md/football/national_division/news/02-10-2014/70534/valerij_andronik_i_adrian_kashkaval_usilili_sostav_fk_kostulen|title= Валерий Андроник и Адриан Кашкавал усилили состав ФК "Костулень"

|publisher= sports.md|language= Russian|accessdate= |date=2014-10-02}}

In February 2015, he moved on a free transfer to Uzbek club Olmaliq FK and signed a one-year contract with the club. Following his departure from Olmaliq, Cașcaval remained in Uzbekistan and signed for Neftchi Fergana. In 2016, Cașcaval returned to Moldova, to sign for Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol, making 10 league appearances before moving to Russian Football National League club Luch-Energiya Vladivostok. In 2017, Cașcaval moved countries again, signing for Maltese club Naxxar Lions. In March 2018, he signed for Faroese club Víkingur.

On 30 November 2018, following the culmination of the 2018 Faroe Islands Premier League, Cașcaval signed for National League South club Chelmsford City.{{Cite tweet |user=OfficialClarets|author=Chelmsford City F.C.|number=1068616544601731077|date = 30 November 2018 |title=The #Clarets are delighted to announce the signing of Adrian Cascaval and goalkeeper Ashley Maynard-Brewer. Both are eligible to make their debuts tomorrow as City take on @GCAFCofficial #ClaretTogether }} On 9 May 2019, Cașcaval was released by Chelmsford.{{cite web |url=http://www.chelmsfordcityfc.com/news/clarets-departures-2424462.html |title=Clarets' Departures |publisher=Chelmsford City F.C. |date=9 May 2019 |accessdate=9 May 2019 |via=Pitchero |archive-date=30 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630061154/http://www.chelmsfordcityfc.com/news/clarets-departures-2424462.html |url-status=dead }} However, on 22 July 2019, Chelmsford announced they had re-signed Cașcaval.{{cite web |url=http://www.chelmsfordcityfc.com/news/ccfc-chairmans-update-22-july-2019-2446583.html |title=CCFC Chairman’s Update – 22 July 2019 |publisher=Chelmsford City F.C. |date=22 July 2019 |accessdate=22 July 2019 |archive-date=22 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722210523/http://www.chelmsfordcityfc.com/news/ccfc-chairmans-update-22-july-2019-2446583.html |url-status=dead }} On 21 February 2020, Chelmsford announced Cașcaval had left the club via mutual consent.{{cite web |url=https://www.chelmsfordcityfc.com/news/cascaval-departs-2514477.html |title=Cascaval Departs |publisher=Chelmsford City F.C. |date=21 February 2020 |accessdate=21 February 2020 |archive-date=21 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221162712/https://www.chelmsfordcityfc.com/news/cascaval-departs-2514477.html |url-status=dead }} In September 2020, Cașcaval signed for Isthmian League North Division club Romford.{{cite web |url=https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/match/2020-2021/isthmian-football-league-north-division/canvey-island/romford/355816|title=Isthmian League - North Division – Canvey Island 0 - 0 Romford |publisher=Football Web Pages |accessdate=19 September 2020 |via=Romford F.C.}}

International career

On 11 November 2011, Cașcaval made his debut for Moldova in a 2–0 defeat against Georgia.{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/10306/Georgia_Moldova.html|title=Georgia vs. Moldova|publisher=National Football Teams|accessdate=30 November 2018}}