Valeriu Nicolaevici Ciupercă (born 12 June 1992) is a Moldovan former professional footballer who played 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

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAcademia Chișinău2009–10Moldovan National Division230 ——2302010–11302 ——3022011–12143 ——143Total675 ----675Krasnodar2011–12Russian Premier League1000——102012–130000——002013–140000——00Total1000----10Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (loan)2012–13Football National League5000——50Academia Chișinău (loan)2012–13Moldovan National Division9300——93Krasnodar-22013–14Professional Football League142———142Spartak Nalchik (loan)2013–14Football National League11100——111Anzhi Makhachkala2014–15Football National League19020——2102015–16Russian Premier League0000—00002015–160000——00Total19020--00210Tom Tomsk (loan)2015–16Football National League17010—212012016–17Russian Premier League18000——180Total35010--21381Baltika Kaliningrad2017–18Football National League12100——121Rostov2017–18Russian Premier League1000——10Tambov2018–19Football National League35220——3722019–20Russian Premier League23210——2422020–2116210——172Total74640----416Astana2021Kazakhstan Premier League244404020344Career total27222110404129123

International

+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsMoldova201110Total10

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