Valentin Costache

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.

Valentin Costache
Personal information
Full name Valentin Ionuț Costache
Date of birth (1998-08-02) 2 August 1998
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
2012–2014 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 80 (8)
National team‡
2014 Romania U17 2 (0)
2017– Romania U21 6 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 May 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2018

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 2 January 2020[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 410010——51
2017–18 14310—10—163
Total 18 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 — — 21 4
Afumați (loan) 2016–17 22610———236
Total 22 6 1 0 — — — — — — 23 6
Cfr Cluj 2017-18 13 0 0 0 — — — 13 0
2018-19 18 1 3 0 — 1 0 1 0 23 1
2019-20 34 4 0 0 — 1 0 1 0 36 4
2020-21 15 3 1 0 — 0 0 0 0 16 3
Total 80 8 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 88 8
Career total 120 18 6 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 132 18

Honours

Club
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" [Amazing discovery: Costache » Rednic started the game with the 17-year-old boy and left heavier 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 win, 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.
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