Valeriu Ciupercă

Valeriu Ciupercă
Ciupercă with FC Tambov in 2019
Personal information
Full name Valeriu Nicolaevici Ciupercă
Date of birth (1992-06-12) 12 June 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Tiraspol, Moldova
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Academia Chișinău
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Academia Chișinău 67 (5)
2012–2014 Krasnodar 1 (0)
2012 → Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (loan) 5 (0)
2013 → Academia Chișinău (loan) 9 (3)
2013 → Krasnodar-2 14 (2)
2014 → Spartak Nalchik (loan) 11 (1)
2014–2017 Anzhi Makhachkala 20 (0)
2015–2017 → Tom Tomsk (loan) 35 (0)
2017 Baltika Kaliningrad 12 (1)
2018 Rostov 1 (0)
2018–2020 Tambov 74 (6)
2021 Astana 24 (4)
2022 Kuban Krasnodar 4 (0)
2022–2023 Rubin Kazan 13 (0)
2023–2024 Kuban Krasnodar 17 (1)
International career
2011 Moldova U21 5 (0)
2011 Moldova 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 November 2023

Valeriu Nicolaevici Ciupercă, born 12 June 1992 in Tiraspol, Transnistria (de facto), Moldova (de jure) (now Left Bank of the Dniester (de jure)), is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Career

He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Krasnodar on 13 May 2012 in a game against PFC Spartak Nalchik.[1]

On 2 July 2014, Ciupercă signed a three-year contract with Anzhi Makhachkala.[2]

On 27 May 2016, he scored the decisive goal for FC Tom Tomsk in their promotion play-offs second-leg 2-0 victory against FC Kuban Krasnodar, securing Tom's promotion to the Russian Football Premier League.

On 10 January 2018, Ciupercă signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with FC Rostov.[3] He was released from his Rostov contract by mutual consent on 4 July 2018.[4]

On 13 July 2018, he signed a two-year contract with FC Tambov.[5]

On 2 March 2021, Astana announced the signing of Ciupercă,[6] with Ciupercă leaving Astana by mutual agreement on 30 December 2021.[7]

On 17 March 2022, Ciupercă signed for Kuban Krasnodar in the Russian Football National League.[8]

He gave up Moldovan Citizenship and playing for their national team not to considered Legionnaire in Russian League.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 30 October 2021[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Academia Chișinău 2009–10 Moldovan National Division 23 0 — — 23 0
2010–11 30 2 — — 30 2
2011–12 14 3 — — 14 3
Total 67 5 - - - - 67 5
Krasnodar 2011–12 Russian Premier League 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
2012–13 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2013–14 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 - - - - 1 0
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (loan) 2012–13 Football National League 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
Academia Chișinău (loan) 2012–13 Moldovan National Division 9 3 0 0 — — 9 3
Krasnodar-2 2013–14 Professional Football League 14 2 — — — 14 2
Spartak Nalchik (loan) 2013–14 Football National League 11 1 0 0 — — 11 1
Anzhi Makhachkala 2014–15 Football National League 19 0 2 0 — — 21 0
2015–16 Russian Premier League 0 0 0 0 — 0[a] 0 0 0
2015–16 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Total 19 0 2 0 - - 0 0 21 0
Tom Tomsk (loan) 2015–16 Football National League 17 0 1 0 — 2[a] 1 20 1
2016–17 Russian Premier League 18 0 0 0 — — 18 0
Total 35 0 1 0 - - 2 1 38 1
Baltika Kaliningrad 2017–18 Football National League 12 1 0 0 — — 12 1
Rostov 2017–18 Russian Premier League 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Tambov 2018–19 Football National League 35 2 2 0 — — 37 2
2019–20 Russian Premier League 23 2 1 0 — — 24 2
2020–21 16 2 1 0 — — 17 2
Total 74 6 4 0 - - - - 41 6
Astana 2021 Kazakhstan Premier League 24 4 4 0 4[b] 0 2[c] 0 34 4
Career total 272 22 11 0 4 0 4 1 291 23
  1. ^ a b Appearances and goals in the Russian Premier League Relegation Play Offs
  2. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ^ Appearances in the Kazakhstan Super Cup

International

As of match played 10 August 2011[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Moldova 2011 1 0
Total 1 0

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Game report by RFPL". Russian Premier League. 13 May 2012.
  2. ^ «Анжи» подписал контракты с семью игроками (in Russian). FC Anzhi Makhachkala. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Валерий Чуперка – игрок Ростова". fc-rostov.ru (in Russian). FC Rostov. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Валерий Чуперка покидает Ростов" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 4 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Валерий Чуперка - игрок "Тамбова"!" (in Russian). FC Tambov. 13 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Валерий Чуперка: Чемпионство Астаны - это реальная задача". fcastana.kz/ (in Russian). FC Astana. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Валерий Чуперка покидает Астану". fcastana.kz/ (in Russian). FC Astana. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Валерий Чуперка - игрок "Кубани"!" (Press release) (in Russian). Kuban Krasnodar. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  9. ^ Valeriu Ciupercă at Soccerway
  10. ^ Valeriu Ciupercă at National-Football-Teams.com


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