Cosmin Pașcovici

Cosmin Mihai Pașcovici (born 12 April 1978) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as a defender.

Club career Pașcovici was born on 12 April 1978 in Suceava, Romania and began playing football in 1997 at Rocar București in Divizia B. Half of year later he moved to Foresta Fălticeni II, then in the following season he joined Politehnica Iași. He scored his first goal in the competition on 16 March 2002, when he closed the scoring in a 2–1 loss in the Ploiești derby against Astra. He stayed with Petrolul for only half a year, then went to play for Farul Constanța. At the end of the season, Farul reached the 2005 Cupa României final where coach Petre Grigoraș used him as a starter, replacing him with Mihai Baicu in the 75th minute of a 1–0 loss to Dinamo.

For the 2006–07 season, Pașcovici joined Dinamo, coach Mircea Rednic using him in four games as the team won the title, but he left the club in the middle of the season to go to UTA Arad. In the same season he played two games in the early stages of Dinamo's UEFA Cup campaign, helping the club eliminate Hibernians and Skoda Xanthi as they reached the round of 32. On 1 December 2007, Pașcovici made his last appearance in the Romanian first league, playing for UTA in a 3–1 away loss to his former team, Dinamo, totaling 110 appearances with 10 goals in the competition.

Controversies During his spell at UTA, Pașcovici got into a physical confrontation with a fan of the team. In his second spell at Farul he had a similar incident in which he was punched several times by a fan.

Honours Farul Constanța Cupa României runner-up: 2004–05 Dinamo București Liga I: 2006–07