Radu Rebeja

Radu Rebeja
Personal information
Date of birth	8 June 1973
Place of birth	Chişinău, Moldovan SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1999	FC Zimbru Chişinău
1999–2000	FC Uralan Elista
2001–2003	FC Saturn Ramenskoye
2004–2008	FC Moscow
2008	FC Khimki
National team‡
1991–2008	Moldova
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 October 2008; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 October 2008

Radu Rebeja (born 8 June 1973 in Chişinău) is a Moldovan football player who played as defensive midfielder or centre-back. He has been a leader and captain of the Moldova national football team for 74 matches and was formerly the captain of FC Moscow.

Awards

In 2006, he was awarded the Moldovan Footballer of the Year award. Rebeja is also one of the most capped Moldova national football team players.

Rebeja was one of the 11 Moldovan football players to be challenged to a game of tennis by Tony Hawks and is featured in his 2012 book Playing the Moldovans at Tennis.

In 2008, he ended his career as a professional football player and became the Vice President of the Moldovan Football Federation.

In 2015, he took up the post of Adviser for Youth and Sports to the Prime Minister of Moldova, Chiril Gaburici.

In 2018, he was selected as the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research.

In 2019, he became an independent deputy in the Parliament of Moldova.

In August 2019, he opened a professional football academy called Academia de Fotbal Radu Rebeja (The Radu Rebeja Football Academy).

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