| Valeriu Ciupercă | |
| Fullname: | Valeriu Nicolaevici Ciupercă |
| Birth Date: | 12 June 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Tiraspol, Moldova |
| Height: | 1.77 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Youthclubs1: | Academia Chișinău |
| Years1: | 2009–2011 |
| Clubs1: | Academia Chișinău |
| Caps1: | 67 |
| Goals1: | 5 |
| Years2: | 2012–2014 |
| Clubs2: | Krasnodar |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2012 |
| Clubs3: | → Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (loan) |
| Caps3: | 5 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2013 |
| Clubs4: | → Academia Chișinău (loan) |
| Caps4: | 9 |
| Goals4: | 3 |
| Years5: | 2013 |
| Clubs5: | → Krasnodar-2 |
| Caps5: | 14 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Years6: | 2014 |
| Clubs6: | → Spartak Nalchik (loan) |
| Caps6: | 11 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2014–2017 |
| Clubs7: | Anzhi Makhachkala |
| Caps7: | 20 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs8: | → Tom Tomsk (loan) |
| Caps8: | 35 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2017 |
| Clubs9: | Baltika Kaliningrad |
| Caps9: | 12 |
| Goals9: | 1 |
| Years10: | 2018 |
| Clubs10: | Rostov |
| Caps10: | 1 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Years11: | 2018–2020 |
| Clubs11: | Tambov |
| Caps11: | 74 |
| Goals11: | 6 |
| Years12: | 2021 |
| Clubs12: | Astana |
| Caps12: | 24 |
| Goals12: | 4 |
| Years13: | 2022 |
| Clubs13: | Kuban Krasnodar |
| Caps13: | 4 |
| Goals13: | 0 |
| Years14: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs14: | Rubin Kazan |
| Caps14: | 13 |
| Goals14: | 0 |
| Years15: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs15: | Kuban Krasnodar |
| Caps15: | 17 |
| Goals15: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2011 |
| Nationalteam1: | Moldova U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2011 |
| Nationalteam2: | Moldova |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 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.
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.
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 4 | |
| Career total | 272 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 291 | 23 | |||