Valentin

Costache

LW Noah #20

Left Winger – Midfielder

Valentin Costache

Noah IDBank Premier League

Top 26% of wingers in the world
#446 winger aged 26–29
Top 28% in the IDBank Premier League

Date of birth / Age: 2 Aug 1998 (28)
Citizenship: Romania
Foot: Right
Height · Weight: 1.78 m / 71 kg
Main position: Left Winger
Contract until: 2027

Benchmarks

wingers with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#1324

winger in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#446

among wingers aged 26–29

In his league

73%

of IDBank Premier League wingers rank below him

Finishing

−3.8

goals below expected · better than 13% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)

Goals

11 Expected

14.8

166 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

10 Expected

11.4

Teammates converted fewer of his chances than expected.

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 40
Starting eleven: 38
Goals: 13
Assists: 6
Yellow cards: 5
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 2,920

Starting eleven95%

38 of 40 appearances

Minutes played2,920

73 per appearance

Goal involvement19

13 goals · 6 assists

Positions played

296 matches · since 2015/16

RBCMCFAMRWLW

Position	Apps	G	A
Left Winger	92	10	12
Right Winger	83	9	7
Attacking Midfield	72	15	4
Centre-Forward	45	5	4
Other · CM, RB	4	2	1

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	IDBank Premier League	Noah	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	215
2025/26	Superliga	UTA Arad	27	27	9	3	4	0	0	2,148
2025/26	IDBank Premier League	Noah	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	349
2025/26	Cupa României	UTA Arad	4	3	2	–	1	–	0	217
2025/26	Cup	Noah	3	2	1	–	0	–	0	145
2025/26	Super Cup	Noah	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	61
2024/25	Superliga	UTA Arad	38	33	6	5	5	0	0	2,728
2024/25	Cupa României	UTA Arad	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	88
2023/24	1. Division	Apollon	28	19	3	2	0	0	0	1,455
2023/24	Superliga	Rapid Bucureşti	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	88
2023/24	Cup	Apollon	3	2	0	–	1	–	0	183
2022/23	Superliga	Rapid Bucureşti	24	15	0	3	3	1	0	1,250
2022/23	Cupa României	Rapid Bucureşti	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	44
2021/22	Superliga	CFR Cluj	21	11	3	2	2	0	0	859
2021/22	UEFA Champions League	CFR Cluj	6	3	0	–	0	–	0	220
2021/22	UEFA Europa Conference League	CFR Cluj	6	1	0	–	0	–	0	152
2021/22	UEFA Europa League	CFR Cluj	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	101
2021/22	Supercupa	CFR Cluj	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	50
2020/21	Superliga	CFR Cluj	35	26	4	2	5	0	0	2,132
2020/21	Cupa României	CFR Cluj	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	67
2020/21	Supercupa	CFR Cluj	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	71
2019/20	Superliga	CFR Cluj	34	31	4	1	5	0	0	2,389
2019/20	UEFA Champions League	CFR Cluj	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	24
2019/20	Supercupa	CFR Cluj	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	70
2018/19	Superliga	CFR Cluj	18	5	1	1	0	0	0	586
2018/19	Cupa României	CFR Cluj	3	3	3	–	1	–	0	264
2018/19	UEFA Europa League	CFR Cluj	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	28
2018/19	Supercupa	CFR Cluj	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	4
2021	UEFA U21 Championship	Romania U21	4	3	2	–	1	–	0	275
2017/18	Superliga	Dinamo Bucureşti	14	10	3	–	2	–	1	845
2017/18	Superliga	CFR Cluj	13	0	0	–	0	–	0	101
2017/18	UEFA Europa League	Dinamo Bucureşti	1	0	0	–	1	–	0	35
2017/18	Cupa României	Dinamo Bucureşti	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	44
2016/17	Liga II	Afumaţi	22	12	6	0	3	0	0	1,126
2016/17	Cupa României	Afumaţi	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	0
2019	UEFA U21 Championship	Romania U21	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	136
2015/16	Superliga	Dinamo Bucureşti	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	126
2015/16	Cupa Ligii	Dinamo Bucureşti	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	46
2015	UEFA U17 Championship	Romania U17	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	180

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			341	225	49	24^*	37	1^*	1	18,902

By competition	Apps	G	A
Superliga	231	31	18
1. Division	28	3	2
Liga II	22	6	0
Cupa României	13	5	–
IDBank Premier League	9	1	4
Romania U21	7	2	–
UEFA Champions League	7	0	–
Cup	6	1	–
UEFA Europa Conference League	6	0	–
Supercupa	4	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Feb 2026 Feb 2026 · Transfer UTA Arad Noah Transfer
Jul 2024 Jul 2024 · Transfer Apollon UTA Arad Transfer
Aug 2023 Aug 2023 · Transfer Rapid Bucureşti Apollon Transfer
Jul 2022 Jul 2022 · Transfer CFR Cluj Rapid Bucureşti Transfer
Jan 2018 Jan 2018 · Transfer Dinamo Bucureşti CFR Cluj Transfer
Jun 2017 Jun 2017 · Back from Loan Afumaţi Dinamo Bucureşti Back from Loan
Aug 2016 Aug 2016 · Loan Dinamo Bucureşti Afumaţi Loan Loan
Jul 2014 Jul 2014 · Free Transfer – Dinamo Bucureşti Free Transfer Free

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Noah 2025–2027 13 2
UTA Arad 2024–2026 71 17
Apollon 2023 31 3
Rapid Bucureşti 2022–2024 28 0
CFR Cluj 2017–2022 145 15
Dinamo Bucureşti 2015–2018 21 4
Afumaţi 2016 23 6

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