Ghenadie Ochinca

Ghenadie Ochinca (born 1 March 1984) is a Moldovan footballer who plays as a defender for Dacia Buiucani in the Moldovan National Division.

He previously played for numerous Moldovan top-division clubs, and for Gloria Buzau in the Romanian Liga I. He was capped for Moldova at under-16 and under-21 level.

Club Career

Ochinca was born in Kishinev, then in the Moldovan SSR, Soviet Union, which is now Chișinau, Moldova.

He played football for Politehnica Chisinau from 2005 until the 2007–08 season winter break.

After a trial with Universitatea Cluj where he impressed, but whose sporting director felt they needed more established players to assist their fight against relegation, Ochinca signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Romanian Liga I side Gloria Buzau for a salary reported as €20,000 per season. The move was completed on 28 February 2008 after a delay in obtaining international clearance. He said he dreamt of playing for a big European club, and was making an important move by coming to a much stronger league than in Moldova. However, he made only one league appearance in six months with the club, playing the whole of the 2–0 away defeat at Unirea Urziceni on 20 March, before being transfer-listed. If he was unable to find another top-flight club in Romania, he was expected to return home to Moldova.

He had a trial with Romanian Liga II club Unirea Alba Iulia in August 2008, but ended up back home in Moldova with Iskra-Stal. He played ten league games, and made two substitute appearances in the second qualifying round of the Europa League, before Iskra-Stal released him during the 2009–10 winter break.

He then played for FC Rapid Ghidighici.

After a trial with Sfintul Gheorghe in January 2011, he joined Academia UTM. He made 11 appearances in the top division before leaving at the end of the season.

In June 2011, he signed a two-year contract with Milsami, and went straight into the squad for the club's first ever match in European competition