Ion Testemiţanu (born 27 April 1974) is a

Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...

n former

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. He was signed by Benny Lennartson at

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in 1998 and also played under

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in 1999. He credits the Welsh manager with helping him settle in the United Kingdom. Testimiţanu played 4 games for Moldova in

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. He is featured in Tony Hawks' book, ''

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'', where he lost to the author 11–4.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Moldova's goal tally first.''

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* * * 1974 births Living people Footballers from Chișinău Moldovan men's footballers Moldovan expatriate men's footballers Moldova men's international footballers Men's association football defenders FC Zimbru Chișinău players Moldovan Super Liga players Bristol City F.C. players Seongnam FC players Ulsan HD FC players K League 1 players FC Akhmat Grozny players Shamakhi FK players FC Sheriff Tiraspol players Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Moldovan expatriate sportspeople in South Korea FC Sibir Novosibirsk players Soviet men's footballers Moldovan expatriate sportspeople in Russia Moldovan expatriate sportspeople in England Moldovan expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan English Football League players {{Moldova-footy-bio-stub