Serghei Cebotari

{{Short description|Moldovan footballer and coach (born 1981)}}

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Serghei Cebotari (born 21 February 1981) is a Moldovan football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of the Moldova national under-21 team.

Playing career

During his playing career, Cebotari played in Moldova and Sweden.

Managerial career

Cebotari worked as a coach at CSCT Buiucani, Academia Chișinău and Zaria Bălți,{{cite web|url=http://moldova.sports.md/football/national_division/news/11-01-2022/163094/sergej_chebotar_novyj_glavnyj_trener_fk_belc/|title=Сергей Чеботарь – новый главный тренер ФК «Бэлць»|work=Sports.md|language=ru|date=11 January 2022|access-date=10 May 2022}} before being appointed head coach of Sfîntul Gheorghe in April 2018. During his three and a half years at the club, Sfîntul Gheorghe reached the Moldovan Cup final three times, winning it once. The club also became runners-up of the Moldovan National Division once, and winners of the Moldovan Super Cup once.{{Soccerway|547141}} He left the club in September 2021. In January 2022, he was appointed head coach of Bălți.

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