Sc Heerenveen has said goodbye to Ion Nicolaescu on Wednesday. The striker is leaving the Eredivisie club for Maccabi Tel Aviv, the reigning champion of Israel.
The 26-year-old Nicolaescu had a contract for one year in Friesland, which is why Heerenveen is receiving a transfer fee for the Moldovan. The club is not commenting on the amount of that transfer fee.
Nicolaescu has played for Heerenveen since the summer of 2023, which acquired him from Beitar Jerusalem for around 1.3 million euros at the time. The transfer means the attacker is returning to Israel.
In total, Nicolaescu played 49 matches for Heerenveen. In those, he scored seventeen times and gave one assist. Heerenveen had already responded to his departure by bringing in Dylan Vente, who came over from Hibernian FC.
Last season, Vente already played on loan for PEC Zwolle in the Eredivisie. Then he scored thirteen goals. That was five more than Nicolaescu.