Clement Palimaru
Encyclopedia
Clement Pălimaru is a Romania
n football
player, currently playing for FC Botoşani
as a striker
in Liga 2 .
at the Noua Generaţie youth centre. During the 2004-2005 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 play more matches, he was loaned to Cetatea Suceava
.
After 13 matches and five goals scored in the second league
(and also two goals against Rapid Bucureşti in the Romanian Cup
; Cetatea lost the match 3-2), he was called back to Poli, at that time in shortage of strikers. Although he did not play much, during the 2006-07 season he began to grow in form and was the team's top scorer in the training matches during the winter break. Pălimaru shortly broke the ice in Liga I
, contributing with a goal in the 4-0 victory over Jiul Petroşani
.
Pălimaru is also a U-21 international, having won five caps. In the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualifiers he scored the only goal against Malta in the last minute, coming on as a substitute.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player, currently playing for FC Botoşani
FC Botosani
FC Botoşani is a football club from Botoşani, Romania.-The 1980s:In summer 1979, CS Botoşani was promoted to Divizia B, and after end of the 1979/1980 season, they obtained the highest position ; that had heretofore not been reached by any football team from Botoşani...
as a striker
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
in Liga 2 .
Biography
Pălimaru started football in IaşiIasi
Iași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life...
at the Noua Generaţie youth centre. During the 2004-2005 season, he and teammate Paul Tincu
Paul Tincu
Paul Cătălin Tincu is a Romanian football player who currently plays for CSMS Iași as a Midfielder.-Biography:...
were picked up by Politehnica Iaşi
FC Politehnica Iasi
Fotbal Club Politehnica Iaşi was a football club from Iaşi, Romania. Its colours were blue and white. Its home stadium was the Emil Alexandrescu Stadium. It was founded in 1945 and dissolved in 2010.-History:...
, as they were the most promising players from the centre at that time. In order to play more matches, he was loaned to Cetatea Suceava
Cetatea Suceava
Cetatea Suceava was a professional football club from Romania, based in Suceava and founded in 2004 and dissolved in 2010.-History:The club was founded in the summer of 2004, to continue the city's football tradition after Foresta was moved back to Fălticeni and after CSM Suceava was dissolved a...
.
After 13 matches and five goals scored in the second league
Liga II
Liga II is the second tier league of the Romanian football league system. The league acquired this name in the 2006-07, being previously called Divizia B....
(and also two goals against Rapid Bucureşti in the Romanian Cup
Romanian Cup
The Cupa României is a football competition which was held annually since 1933-34, except during the World War II. It is the country's main cup competition, and it is open to all clubs affiliated with FRF and the county football associations regardless of the league they belong to...
; Cetatea lost the match 3-2), he was called back to Poli, at that time in shortage of strikers. Although he did not play much, during the 2006-07 season he began to grow in form and was the team's top scorer in the training matches during the winter break. Pălimaru shortly broke the ice in Liga I
Liga I
Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...
, contributing with a goal in the 4-0 victory over Jiul Petroşani
Jiul Petrosani
Jiul Petroşani is a Romanian professional football club from Petroşani, Hunedoara county, Romania, founded in 1919.-History:The history of Jiul Petroşani goes back to 1919, when the club was founded as Clubul Atletic al Minerilor din Petroşani .In 1925 Jiul was runners-up in the Liga I.Most of its...
.
Pălimaru is also a U-21 international, having won five caps. In the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualifiers he scored the only goal against Malta in the last minute, coming on as a substitute.