Valentin Costache
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File:Valentin Costache - Petrolul Ploiesti vs Rapid Bucuresti, 13 August 2022.jpg Costache with Rapid București in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Valentin Ionuț Costache | ||
| Date of birth | 2 August 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Videle, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | UTA Arad | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –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) |
| 2018–2022 | CFR Cluj | 121 | (12) |
| 2022–2023 | Rapid București | 27 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Apollon Limassol | 28 | (3) |
| 2024– | UTA Arad | 59 | (14) |
| International career | |||
| 2014–2015 | Romania U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2021 | Romania U21 | 8 | (3) |
| 2021 | Romania Olympic | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 December 2025 | |||
Valentin Ionuț Costache (Romanian pronunciation: [valenˈtin joˈnuts kosˈtake]; born 2 August 1998) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger or as an attacking midfielder for Liga I club UTA Arad.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Dinamo București
[edit | edit source]Costache joined the youth setup of Dinamo București from hometown club CSȘ Videle in 2014.[1] On 20 December the following year, he made his senior debut by coming on as a 62nd-minute substitute for Bogdan Gavrilă in a 1–1 Liga I draw against CFR Cluj.[2] On 14 February 2016, he netted the only goal of a match against 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 from 23 games all competitions comprised. On 30 July 2017, he scored his first Dinamo goal upon his return to Bucharest in a 1–0 away victory over Liga I defending champions Viitorul Constanța.[4]
CFR Cluj
[edit | edit source]During early November 2017, it was reported that Costache would be joining CFR Cluj in the approaching transfer window for a fee of €1 million.[5] He was formally unveiled at his new team on 8 January 2018.[6]
Over the course of four and a half seasons in Cluj-Napoca, Costache amassed totals of 145 games and 15 goals in all competitions, and also aided to seven domestic honours.
Rapid București
[edit | edit source]On 16 June 2022, Costache was transferred to fellow Liga I team Rapid București.[7]
Apollon Limassol
[edit | edit source]On 22 August 2023, Costache signed for Cypriot First Division club Apollon Limassol on a two-year deal with the option for a further year.[8]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 20 December 2025[9]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Dinamo București | 2015–16 | Liga I | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18 | Liga I | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 0 | — | 16 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 4 | ||||
| Afumați (loan) | 2016–17 | Liga II | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 6 | ||||
| CFR Cluj | 2017–18 | Liga I | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Liga I | 18 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 1[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 23 | 4 | |||
| 2019–20 | Liga I | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[e] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 36 | 4 | |||
| 2020–21 | Liga I | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 37 | 4 | |||
| 2021–22 | Liga I | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 14[f] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 36 | 3 | |||
| Total | 121 | 12 | 4 | 3 | — | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 145 | 15 | ||||
| Rapid București | 2022–23 | Liga I | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Liga I | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 28 | 0 | ||||||
| Apollon Limassol | 2023–24 | Cypriot First Division | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | 3 | ||||
| UTA Arad | 2024–25 | Liga I | 38 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 41 | 6 | ||||
| 2025–26 | Liga I | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 24 | 10 | |||||
| Total | 59 | 14 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | 65 | 16 | ||||||
| Career total | 275 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 311 | 44 | |||
- ^ Includes Cupa României, Cypriot Cup
- ^ Includes Cupa Ligii
- ^ a b Appearance in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b c d Appearance in Supercupa României
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
Honours
[edit | edit source]Dinamo București
- Cupa României runner-up: 2015–16
CFR Cluj[9]
- Liga I: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
- Supercupa României: 2018, 2020;[10] runner-up: 2019, 2021
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Valentin Costache at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Valentin Costache – UEFA competition record (archive)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Teleorman County
- Romanian men's footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Liga I players
- Liga II players
- Cypriot First Division players
- FC Dinamo București players
- CS Afumați players
- CFR Cluj players
- FC Rapid București players
- Apollon Limassol FC players
- FC UTA Arad players
- Romania men's youth international footballers
- Romania men's under-21 international footballers
- Romanian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- 21st-century Romanian sportsmen