Serghei Lașcencov
# Serghei Lașcencov

Serghei Lașcencov (Ukrainian: Сергій Миколайович Лащенков, born 24 March 1980 in Zdolbuniv, Ukrainian SSR) is a retired Moldovan footballer and the former captain of the Moldovan national team. In 2010, he was disqualified for five years for match-fixing.

## Career

In the summer of 2008 Lașcencov moved to Azerbaijan Premier League side Olimpik Baku on an initial one-year contract. For the 2009–10 season he was made captain of the team.

In August 2010, Lașcencov was given a lifetime ban from football for his involvement in the match-fixing surrounding Metalist Kharkiv and Karpaty Lviv's game on 19 April 2008 during the 2007–08 season. On 17 October 2010, his ban was reduced to five years, a decision that was upheld by CAS in August 2013.

## Career statistics

| Season | Club | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Season | Club | League | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals |
| 1996–97 | Ciuhur Ocnița | Moldovan National Division | 6 | 2 | | | - | - | 6 | 2 |
| 1997–98 | Nistru Otaci | Moldovan National Division | 9 | 1 | | | - | - | 9 | 1 |
| 1998–99 | Nistru Otaci | Moldovan National Division | 10 | 0 | | | - | - | 10 | 0 |
| 1999–2000 | Nistru Otaci | Moldovan National Division | 30 | 0 | | | - | - | 30 | 0 |
| 2000–01 | Nistru Otaci | Moldovan National Division | 26 | 0 | | | | | 26 | 0 |
| 2001–02 | Nistru Otaci | Moldovan National Division | 26 | 0 | | | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 2002–03 | Nistru Otaci | Moldovan National Division | 22 | 1 | | | 2 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 2003–04 | Nistru Otaci | Moldovan National Division | 27 | 1 | | | 2 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 2004–05 | Nistru Otaci | Moldovan National Division | 10 | 0 | | | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2004–05 | Metalist Kharkiv | Ukrainian Premier League | 10 | 0 | | | - | - | 10 | 0 |
| 2005–06 | Illichivets Mariupol | Ukrainian Premier League | 7 | 1 | | | - | - | 7 | 1 |
| 2006–07 | Illichivets Mariupol | Ukrainian Premier League | 17 | 0 | | | - | - | 17 | 0 |
| 2007–08 | Karpaty Lviv | Ukrainian Premier League | 21 | 0 | | | - | - | 21 | 0 |
| 2008–09 | Olimpik Baku | Azerbaijan Premier League | 19 | 2 | | | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 2009–10 | Olimpik Baku | Azerbaijan Premier League | 25 | 0 | | | - | - | 25 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 265 | 8 | | | 11 | 0 | 276 | 8 |

## International career

Lașcencov made his debut for Moldova in 2004, going on to make 36 appearances and captain the team before his ban.

