Igor Picușceac

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Igor Picușceac

| image = Russia-Moldova (7).jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1983|03|27}}

| birth_place = Tiraspol, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union

| currentclub = Milsami Orhei (head coach)

| clubnumber =

| position = Striker

| height = {{height|m=1.84|precision=0}}

| years1 = 2001–2003

| clubs1 = Sheriff Tiraspol

| caps1 = 12

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2003–2007

| clubs2 = Tiraspol

| caps2 = 124

| goals2 = 30

| years3 = 2008–2009

| clubs3 = Sheriff Tiraspol

| caps3 = 28

| goals3 = 5

| years4 = 2009

| clubs4 = → Beijing Hongdeng (loan)

| caps4 = 12

| goals4 = 7

| years5 = 2009–2012

| clubs5 = Krasnodar

| caps5 = 44

| goals5 = 8

| years6 = 2012–2015

| clubs6 = Amkar Perm

| caps6 = 50

| goals6 = 7

| years7 = 2015

| clubs7 = Sheriff Tiraspol

| caps7 = 6

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2016

| clubs8 = Academia Chișinău

| caps8 = 6

| goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2016

| clubs9 = Zaria Bălți

| caps9 = 10

| goals9 = 2

| totalcaps = 292

| totalgoals = 63

| nationalyears1 = 2005–2007

| nationalteam1 = Moldova U21

| nationalcaps1 = 6

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 2007–2015

| nationalteam2 = Moldova

| nationalcaps2 = 20

| nationalgoals2 = 3

| manageryears1 = 2017–2018

| managerclubs1 = Krasnodar-2 (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2018

| managerclubs2 = Krasnodar-2

| manageryears3 = 2018–2019

| managerclubs3 = Krasnodar-2 (assistant)

| manageryears4 = 2019–2020

| managerclubs4 = Noah

| manageryears5 = 2020–2021

| managerclubs5 = Akron Tolyatti

| manageryears6 = 2022

| managerclubs6 = Akzhayik

| manageryears7 = 2022

| managerclubs7 = Akzhayik (assistant)

| manageryears8 = 2023–2024

| managerclubs8 = Turan (assistant)

| pcupdate =

| ntupdate =

| caption = Picușceac with Moldova in 2014

| manageryears9 = 2024–

| managerclubs9 = Milsami Orhei

}}

Igor Picușceac (born 27 March 1983) is a Moldovan football coach and a former player who played as a striker. He is the current head coach of Milsami Orhei.

International career

Picușceac scored his first goal for Moldova in a 2–1 defeat to Israel in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier match. Scored in 47th second of match, this is the fastest goal ever scored by Moldova in any match.{{cite journal |last1=Maftei |first1=Vladimir |last2=Buga |first2=Ion |date=16 September 2008 |title=Un record și o nouă dezamăgire |journal=Sport Plus |volume=36 |language=ro|location=Chișinău |publisher=newspaper edited by the National Olympic Committee of Moldova |issue= 339 |page=pag 9 |issn= }}

By Unimedia goal was scored in 47th second: {{cite web|url=http://unimedia.info/stiri/-7386.html |title=Moldova a pierdut al doilea meci din PCM din 2010 |publisher=Unimedia.info |date=2008-09-11 |access-date=2014-03-06|language =ro}}
By "The Jerusalem Post” goal was scored in 47th second: {{cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/Sports/Soccer-Israels-comeback-kids-do-it-once-again-in-Moldova |title=Soccer: Israel's comeback kids do it once again in Moldova |date=2008-09-11 |access-date=2014-08-15| work= The Jerusalem Post| author = Allon Sinai}}

Coaching career

In October 2020 he was hired as a manager of Akron Tolyatti.{{cite web|url=https://fcakron.ru/blog/2020/10/27/akron-vozglavil-igor-pikushhak/|title="Акрон" возглавил Игорь Пикущак|publisher=FC Akron Tolyatti|date=2020-10-27|language =RU}}

Honours

;Sheriff Tiraspol

Divizia Națională Champion: 2008/2009
Moldovan Cup: 2008/2009

International goals

class="wikitable" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
1	10 September 2008	Chișinău	{{fb\|Israel}}	1-0	1-2	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
2	9 February 2011	Lagos	{{fb\|Andorra}}	1-0	2-1	Friendly
3	24 May 2014	Jerez de la Frontera	{{fb\|Saudi Arabia}}	2-0	4-0	Friendly