# Valeriu Ciupercă

Valeriu Nicolaevici Ciupercă (born 12 June 1992) 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.
On 2 July 2014, Ciupercă signed a three-year contract with Anzhi Makhachkala.
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. He was released from his Rostov contract by mutual consent on 4 July 2018.
On 13 July 2018, he signed a two-year contract with FC Tambov.
On 2 March 2021, Astana announced the signing of Ciupercă, with Ciupercă leaving Astana by mutual agreement on 30 December 2021.
On 17 March 2022, Ciupercă signed for Kuban Krasnodar in the Russian Football National League.
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
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Academia Chișinău | 2009–10 | Moldovan National Division | 23 | 0 | | | — | — | — | — | 23 | 0 |
| Academia Chișinău | 2010–11 | Moldovan National Division | 30 | 2 | | | — | — | — | — | 30 | 2 |
| Academia Chișinău | 2011–12 | Moldovan National Division | 14 | 3 | | | — | — | — | — | 14 | 3 |
| Academia Chișinău | Total | Total | 67 | 5 | | | - | - | - | - | 67 | 5 |
| Krasnodar | 2011–12 | Russian Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Krasnodar | 2012–13 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Krasnodar | 2013–14 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Krasnodar | Total | 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 |
| Anzhi Makhachkala | 2015–16 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anzhi Makhachkala | 2015–16 | Russian Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Anzhi Makhachkala | Total | Total | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Tom Tomsk (loan) | 2015–16 | Football National League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| Tom Tomsk (loan) | 2016–17 | Russian Premier League | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 0 |
| Tom Tomsk (loan) | Total | 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 |
| Tambov | 2019–20 | Russian Premier League | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 2 |
| Tambov | 2020–21 | Russian Premier League | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 2 |
| Tambov | Total | Total | 74 | 6 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 41 | 6 |
| Astana | 2021 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 4 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 272 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 291 | 23 |
* 1 2 Appearances and goals in the Russian Premier League Relegation Play Offs
* ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
* ↑ Appearances in the Kazakhstan Super Cup

### International

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