Valentin Cojocaru

Cojocaru's current-season form is level with last season (Season 11→11), while his Rating held around 25. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 45).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	CS	CS%	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Pogon Szczecin · 7th	7	3	43%	7.87	25	11
2025/26	Pogon Szczecin · 9th	31	6	19%	7.31	25	11
2024/25	Pogon Szczecin · 4th	34	14	41%	7.26	33	45
2023/24	Pogon SzczecinLoan · 4th	27	9	33%	7.17	33	27
2023/24	OH Leuven · 2nd	3	1	33%	—	36	3
2022/23	OH Leuven · 2nd	34	8	24%	6.88	56	18

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 9 earlier seasons and 1 youth-team spell in the full career.

Romania · international

Side	Apps	G
Romania U21	10	0
Romania U19	4	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerGoalkeeper

V. Cojocaru is a 30-year-old goalkeeper at Pogon Szczecin, rated 24.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 87th of 135 on scout potential in the Ekstraklasa. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (90.7% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Cojocaru.

Judged on this season alone, Cojocaru graded 11 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 15th of 23 of the 23 goalkeepers in the Ekstraklasa, on 6 clean sheets across 31 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 11 → 11). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 25, 16th of 23 of the 23 goalkeepers in the Ekstraklasa. At 30 Cojocaru is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.8 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2024/25Trending downBreakout: 2024/25

Current potential16th of 23 goalkeepers · Ekstraklasa Current season15th of 23 goalkeepers · Ekstraklasa 15th-best goalkeeper in the Ekstraklasa 87th in the Ekstraklasa · potential 16th-highest potential goalkeeper in the Ekstraklasa

24.5

Ratingi

16th of 23 goalkeepers

10.8

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

90.7%

Minutes

near ever-present

0.07

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Pogon Szczecin finished 9th of 18 · a mid-table side

Apps

Clean sheets

19%

CS rate

90.7%

Minutes

6 clean sheets in 31 appearances (19% of games).

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 90.7% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 24.5, Cojocaru carries the 16th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the Ekstraklasa of 23. A near ever-present keeper carrying the gloves this season. Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %90.7%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 900.065

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900.13

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~4), then tapers with age. At 30, Cojocaru sits on 1.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Cojocaru's projected Rating — 24.5 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among goalkeepers in the Ekstraklasa with 600+ minutes this season.

Goalkeeping

Clean sheets6

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4

Red cards0

Transfer history

Pogon SzczecinJun 2024 – now

Pogon Szczecin(on loan)Sept 2023 – Jun 2024

OH LeuvenJun 2022 – Sept 2023

Feyenoord(on loan)Mar 2022 – Jun 2022

DDnipro-1until Mar 2022

Frosinone(on loan)Jan 2017 – Mar 2022

CCrotoneuntil Jan 2017

About V. Cojocaru

Valentin Alexandru Cojocaru is a 30-year-old goalkeeper who plays for Pogon Szczecin, born on October 1, 1995 in București, standing 195 cm tall. He is from Romania. Pogon Szczecin currently sit 7th of 18 in the Ekstraklasa.

This season

In the current season, V. Cojocaru has made 7 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 630 minutes, averaging a 7.87 match rating over his last 7 rated games, with 2 yellow cards.

When V. Cojocaru plays, Pogon Szczecin's record this season is 3W-3D-1L.

Recent matches

September 13, 2026: 2-0 win at home vs Wieczysta Kraków (90 minutes, 7.23 rating)
September 7, 2026: 1-1 draw at home vs Wisla Plock (90 minutes, 7.88 rating)
August 29, 2026: 0-0 draw away at Zaglebie Lubin (96 minutes, 8.9 rating)
August 23, 2026: 2-2 draw at home vs Wisla Krakow (94 minutes, 6.3 rating)
August 8, 2026: 3-1 win at home vs Motor Lublin (90 minutes, 7.5 rating)
August 3, 2026: 2-0 win away at Cracovia Krakow (90 minutes, 8.7 rating)
July 24, 2026: 0-1 loss at home vs Legia Warszawa (90 minutes, 8.6 rating)

V. Cojocaru's next match is on September 20, 2026, when Pogon Szczecin face Piast Gliwice away in the Ekstraklasa.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates V. Cojocaru at 24.5 with a Season form score of 10.8, ranking 87th of 135 goalkeepers in the Ekstraklasa. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 10 career titles — among them the Supercupa and the Cupa României. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 15 recorded seasons, V. Cojocaru has totalled 264 club appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists for 7 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 34 appearances for OH Leuven.

V. Cojocaru's career has also included time at OH Leuven, Feyenoord, DDnipro-1, Frosinone and CCrotone.

On the international stage, V. Cojocaru has represented Romania U21 and Romania U19 — 14 caps in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Pogon Szczecin finished 9th of 18 · a mid-table side

Strengths

Watch points