Clement Pălimaru

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Clement Pălimaru

Full name	Clement Pălimaru
Date of birth	February 4, 1986 (1986-02-04) (age 22)
Place of birth	Botoşani, Romania
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Politehnica Iaşi
Number	29
Youth clubs
	Noua Generaţie Iaşi
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-	Politehnica Iaşi Cetatea Suceava (loan) Politehnica Iaşi	3 (0) 13 (5) 34 (3)
National team²
2007-	Romania U-21	6 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 11, 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of January 8, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Clement Pălimaru (born February 4, 1986 in Botoşani, Romania) is a Romanian football player, currently playing for Politehnica Iaşi as a striker.

[edit] Biography

Pălimaru started football in Iaşi at the Noua Generaţie youth centre. During the 2004-2005 season, he and teammate Paul Tincu were picked up by Politehnica Iaşi, as they were the most promising players from the centre at that time. In order to play more matches, he was loaned to Cetatea Suceava.

After 13 matches and five goals scored in the second league (and also two goals against Rapid Bucureşti in the Romanian Cup; Cetatea lost the match 3-2), he was called back to Poli, at that time in shortage of strikers. Although he did not play much, during the 2006-07 season he began to grow in form and was the team's top scorer in the training matches during the winter break. Pălimaru shortly broke the ice in Liga I, contributing with a goal in the 4-0 victory over Jiul Petroşani.

Pălimaru is also a U-21 international, having won five caps. In the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Footbal Championship qualifiers he scored the only goal against Malta in the last minute, coming on as a substitute.