Valentin Ionuț Costache (; born 2 August 1998) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger or as an attacking midfielder for Armenian Premier League club Noah.
Club career
Dinamo București Costache joined the youth setup of Dinamo București from hometown club CSȘ Videle in 2014. 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. On 14 February 2016, he netted the only goal of a match against Botoșani in the same competition.
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.
CFR Cluj 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. He was formally unveiled at his new team on 8 January 2018.
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 On 16 June 2022, Costache was transferred to fellow Liga I team Rapid București.
Apollon Limassol 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.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsDinamo București2015–16Liga I410010——512017–18Liga I14310—10—163Total184101010—214Afumați (loan)2016–17Liga II22610———236CFR Cluj2017–18Liga I13000———1302018–19Liga I18133—10102342019–20Liga I34400—10103642020–21Liga I35410—00103742021–22Liga I21300—14010363Total1211243—1604014515Rapid București2022–23Liga I24010———2502023–24Liga I30————30Total27010———280Apollon Limassol2023–24Cypriot First Division28320———303UTA Arad2024–25Liga I38630———4162025–26Liga I27942———3111Total651572———7217Noah2025–26Armenian Premier League5131——10922026–27Armenian Premier League7000—4100111Total12131—4110203Career total29341196102115033848
Honours Dinamo București Cupa României runner-up: 2015–16
CFR Cluj Liga I: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22 Supercupa României: 2018, 2020; runner-up: 2019, 2021
Noah Armenian Cup: 2025–26 Armenian Supercup: 2025
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