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Career & Clubs
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.
- Club
- Romania national under-17 football team (2014–2014)
- Club
- CS Afumați (2016–2017)
- Club
- CFR Cluj (2018–2022)
- Club
- Romania national under-21 football team (2017–2021)
- Club
- Romania national under-23 football team (2021–2021)
- Club
- FC Dinamo Bucharest (2015–2017)
- Club
- FC Rapid București (2022–2023)
- Club
- Apollon Limassol FC (2023–2024)
- Club
- FC UTA Arad (2024–2026)
- Club
- FC Noah (2026–)
- National team
- Romania
Legacy
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
Clubs
- FC Noah2026current
- Romania national under-17 football team2014–2014
- FC Dinamo Bucharest2015–2017
- CS Afumați2016–2017
- Romania national under-21 football team2017–2021
- CFR Cluj2018–2022
- Romania national under-23 football team2021–2021
- FC Rapid București2022–2023
- Apollon Limassol FC2023–2024
- FC UTA Arad2024–2026
Played together with
Aaron BoupendzaFC Rapid București · 2024–2025- Abdelkarim KissiApollon Limassol FC · 2008–2008
Abdoulaye BaFC Dinamo Bucharest · 2020–2020
Abraham Gneki GuiéApollon Limassol FC · 2013–2014
Abraham Gneki GuiéApollon Limassol FC · 2013–2014
Abraham Gneki GuiéApollon Limassol FC · 2014
Adam NemecFC Dinamo Bucharest · 2016–2018
Adam NemecFC Dinamo Bucharest · 2020–2021- Adams FridayFC Noah · 2022–2023
Adi NalićCFR Cluj · 2026- Adnan GolubovićFC Dinamo Bucharest · 2023–2025
- Adnan GušoFC Dinamo Bucharest · 2005–2005
Archive
Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Valentin Ionuț Costache is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger or as an attacking midfielder for Armenian Premier League club Noah.
Opinions of fans — not verified facts.
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