Serafim Cojocari

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Serafim Cojocari

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|1|7|df=yes}}{{WorldFootball.net|serafim-cojocari}}

| birth_place = Rezina, Moldova

| height = 1.80 m[http://www.fc-sheriff.com/en/igroki/serafim-cojocari/ Serafim Cojocari] at fc-sheriff.com

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Zimbru Chișinău

| clubnumber = 77

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2020

| youthclubs1 = Zimbru Chișinău

| youthyears2 = 2020

| youthclubs2 = Sheriff Tiraspol

| years1 = 2019–2020

| clubs1 = Zimbru Chișinău

| caps1 = 8

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2020–2021

| clubs2 = Sheriff-2 Tiraspol

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 2021–2023

| clubs3 = Sheriff Tiraspol

| caps3 = 3

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2022–2023

| clubs4 = → Bălți (loan)

| caps4 = 15

| goals4 = 3

| years5 = 2023–2024

| clubs5 = Unirea Slobozia

| caps5 = 27

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2024–

| clubs6 = Zimbru Chișinău

| caps6 = 7

| goals6 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2018

| nationalteam1 = Moldova U17

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2019

| nationalteam2 = Moldova U18

| nationalcaps2 = 3

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2019

| nationalteam3 = Moldova U19

| nationalcaps3 = 3

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2020–2022

| nationalteam4 = Moldova U21

| nationalcaps4 = 11

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| nationalyears5 = 2023–

| nationalteam5 = Moldova

| nationalcaps5 = 11

| nationalgoals5 = 0

| pcupdate = 5 January 2025

| ntupdate = 6 September 2024

}}

Serafim Cojocari (born 7 January 2001) is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Moldovan Super Liga club Zimbru Chișinău and the Moldova national team.

Club career

Cojocari was born in Rezina and started his career with Zimbru Chișinău. He made his Moldovan National Division debut for the club on 4 August 2019 in a 3–0 loss against Sheriff Tiraspol.{{Soccerway|serafim-cojocari/622918}} In March 2020, he signed a four-year contract with Sheriff Tiraspol,{{cite news|url=https://moldfootball.com/ro/news/-sherif-podpisal-molodogo-vospitannika-zimbru|title=Sheriff a transferat un tînăr discipol al Academiei Zimbru|language=ro|website=Moldfootball|date=14 March 2020|access-date=17 September 2021}} joining their reserve team. He made his first appearance for Sheriff's first team on 7 August 2021, coming on as a substitute in a 7–1 win against Dinamo-Auto.

On 1 September 2022, Cojocari joined CSF Bălți on a one-season loan.{{cite news |title=Un jucător de la Sheriff va evolua la FC Bălți sub formă de împrumut - Moldova fotbal |url=https://moldfootball.com/ro/news/igrok-sherifa-pereshel-v-fk-behlc-na-pravakh-arendy |access-date=2 January 2023 |work=moldfootball.com |date=1 September 2022 |language=ro}}

International career

Cojocari has featured for Moldovan national youth teams at under-19 and under-21 level.{{GSA player|serafim-cojocari/335499}} He made his debut for the Moldova national team on 24 March 2023, replacing Victor Mudrac in the 73rd minute of a 1–1 draw against Faroe Islands in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying.{{cite web |title=Moldova – Feroe 1-1 |url=https://fmf.md/noutate/7095/moldova-%E2%80%93-feroe-11 |website=FMF |access-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325103854/https://fmf.md/noutate/7095/moldova-%E2%80%93-feroe-11 |archive-date=25 March 2023 |language=ro |date=24 March 2023}}

=International stats=

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
rowspan="2"\|Moldova \|2023	10	0
2024	1	0
colspan=2\|Total\|\|11\|\|0