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| Member of the Moldovan Parliament | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 24 February 2019 –11 July 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 June 1973 Chişinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Radu Rebeja (born 8 June 1973) is a Moldovan former football player who played as defensive midfielder or centre-back. He has been a leader and captain of the Moldova national team for 74 matches and was formerly the captain of FC Moscow.
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).
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 8 October 1995 | Ulrich Haberland Stadion, Leverkusen, Germany |  Germany | 1–6 | 1–6 | Euro 1996 qualifier |
| 2. | 5 September 2001 | FK Ozeta Dukla Stadium, Trenčín, Slovakia |  Slovakia | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2002 World Cup qualifier |
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