Valentin Costache

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Valentin Costache
Personal information
Full name Valentin Ionuț Costache
Date of birth (1998-08-02) 2 August 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Videle, Romania
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger, attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 CFR Cluj
Number 18
Youth career
0000–2014 CSȘ Videle
2014–2015 Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Dinamo București 18 (4)
2016–2017 → Afumați (loan) 22 (6)
2018– CFR Cluj 118 (12)
National team‡
2014–2015 Romania U17 2 (0)
2017–2021 Romania U21 8 (3)
2021 Romania Olympic 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 June 2021

Valentin Ionuț Costache (Romanian pronunciation: [valenˈtin joˈnut͡s kosˈtace]; born 2 August 1998) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger or as an attacking midfielder for CFR Cluj.

Club career[]

Dinamo București[]

A youth exponent of Dinamo București,[1] Costache made his senior debut for the Alb-roșii on 20 December 2015, coming on as a 62nd minute substitute in a 1–1 draw with CFR Cluj for the Liga I championship.[2] On 14 February 2016, he netted the only goal of a match against FC Botoșani in the same competition.[3]

Costache was loaned out to second division side Afumați for the 2016–17 campaign, where he managed to score six goals in 23 games all competitions comprised.

On 30 July 2017, he scored his first goal for Dinamo upon return in a 1–0 away victory over defending champions Viitorul Constanța.[4]

CFR Cluj[]

During early November 2017, it was reported that Costache would join CFR Cluj in the approaching transfer window for a rumoured fee of €1 million.[5] He was officially presented at his new club on 8 January 2018.[6]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 31 January 2022[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dinamo București 2015–16 4 1 0 0 1 0 — — 5 1
2017–18 14 3 1 0 — 1 0 — 16 3
Total 18 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 — — 21 4
Afumați (loan) 2016–17 22 6 1 0 — — — 23 6
Total 22 6 1 0 — — — — — — 23 6
CFR Cluj 2017-18 13 0 0 0 — — — 13 0
2018-19 18 1 3 3 — 1 0 1 0 23 4
2019-20 34 4 0 0 — 1 0 1 0 36 4
2020-21 35 4 1 0 — 0 0 1 0 37 4
2021-22 18 3 0 0 — 14 0 1 0 33 3
Total 118 12 4 3 0 0 16 0 4 0 142 15
Career total 158 22 6 3 1 0 17 0 4 0 186 25


Honours[]

Dinamo Bucuresti

CFR Cluj

References[]

  1. ^ "Gabi Răduţă: "Valentin Costache e cel mai bun la U 17 şi nu a fost convocat la naţională"" [Gabi Răduță: "Valentin Costache is the best at under-17 level but he wasn't called to the national team"]. Ring (in Romanian). 1 April 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  2. ^ "CFR Cluj - Dinamo 1–1" (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Superinvenție: Costache » Rednic l-a titularizat pe un copil de 17 ani și a lăsat pe bancă nume mai grele: Marc, Essombe, Bartalsstovu. Juniorul a și marcat" [Great discovery: Costache » Rednic started the game with the 17-year-old boy and left the bigger names on the bench: Marc, Essombé, Bartalsstovu. The junior also scored]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 15 February 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. ^ ""Ronaldo de România" a impresionat înainte de ziua lui. "E marele câștig, o să vedeți!"" ["The Romanian Ronaldo" impressed just before his birthday. "He is a great asset, you will see!"] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Transfer neașteptat în Gruia" (in Romanian). realitatea.net. 10 November 2017.
  6. ^ "NE INTARIM PENTRU PLAY-OFF!" [WE STRENGTHEN OUR SQUAD FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF!] (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  7. ^ Valentin Costache at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  8. ^ "FOTO&VIDEO | CFR Cluj a câștigat Supercupa României!" [PHOTO&VIDEO | CFR Cluj has won the Romanian Supercup!] (in Romanian). Romanian Football Federation. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

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