Nicky Cleșcenco

Nicky Cleșcenco made five Premiership appearances for Kilmarnock in 2025-26, starting four, and scored once. For a 24-year-old left winger, that was a small but defined league role – more often trusted from the start than used off the bench when selected – with one League Cup appearance adding to his domestic minutes.

Cleșcenco is 24, plays as a left winger for Kilmarnock and is from Moldova. His route has already taken in União Leiria, Sion, Petrocub Hincesti, Zimbru Chişinău and Kilmarnock, which points to a career built through regular moves rather than one long settled spell.

Cleșcenco joined Kilmarnock from Zimbru Chişinău on 30 January 2026 for an undisclosed fee. That followed a free transfer from Petrocub Hincesti to Zimbru, an undisclosed move from Sion to Petrocub and a free transfer from União Leiria to Sion, so his recorded transfer path has been shaped by free deals and undisclosed fees rather than published major outlays.