Valentin Cojocaru

Cojocaru's current-season form is up 291% on last season (Season 11→43), while his Rating eased 22→19. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 45).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	CS	CS%	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Pogon Szczecin · 4th	10	5	50%	7.77	25	34
2025/26	Pogon Szczecin · 9th	31	6	19%	7.31	22	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

Experienced headGoalkeeper

V. Cojocaru is a 31-year-old goalkeeper at Pogon Szczecin, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 10 appearances, a Season grade of 43, top 4% of Ekstraklasa goalkeepers. On long-term scout potential he's rated 19.1, ranking 116th of 188 in the Ekstraklasa. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option (58.8% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Cojocaru.

Judged on this season alone, Cojocaru graded 43 — a standout campaign that ranks top 4% of the 25 goalkeepers in the Ekstraklasa, on 5 clean sheets across 10 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 11 → 43). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 19, 17th of 25 of the 25 goalkeepers in the Ekstraklasa. At 31 Cojocaru is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.1 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: 2026/27

Current potential17th of 25 goalkeepers · Ekstraklasa · 10 apps Current season1st of 25 goalkeepers · Ekstraklasa · 10 apps 1st-best goalkeeper in the Ekstraklasa 116th in the Ekstraklasa · potential 17th-highest potential goalkeeper in the Ekstraklasa

19.1

Ratingi

17th of 25 goalkeepers

42.5

Seasoni

developing / rotation level

58.8%

Minutes

rotation minutes

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Pogon Szczecin finished 4th of 18 · an upper-table side

Apps

Clean sheets

50%

CS rate

58.8%

Minutes

5 clean sheets in 10 appearances (50% of games). Playing behind an upper-table side (4th of 18) means a more protected goal, so the read is about command and distribution as much as raw shut-outs.

Watch points

Game time. Only 58.8% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 31, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 19.1, Cojocaru carries the 17th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the Ekstraklasa of 25 — though on just 10 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. A rotation minutes keeper carrying the gloves this season. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.9× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %58.8%

Available fixtures10 of 10

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 900

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Pass accuracy %69

Cards / 900.2

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 (~5), then tapers with age. At 31, Cojocaru sits on 2.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Cojocaru's projected Rating — 19.1 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 sheets5

Saves41

Save rate87.2%

Goals conceded6

Distribution

Passes319

Pass accuracy69%

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards2

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 31-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 4th of 18 in the Ekstraklasa.

This season

In the current season, V. Cojocaru has made 10 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 900 minutes, averaging a 7.67 match rating over his last 10 rated games, with 2 yellow cards.

When V. Cojocaru plays, Pogon Szczecin's record this season is 6W-3D-1L — and his match ratings average 7.43 at home against 8.03 on the road.

Recent matches

October 17, 2026: 1-0 win away at GKS Katowice (90 minutes, 7.22 rating)
October 11, 2026: 2-0 win at home vs Korona Kielce (90 minutes, 7.06 rating)
September 20, 2026: 2-1 win away at Piast Gliwice (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)
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 October 31, 2026, when Pogon Szczecin face Raków Częstochowa away in the Ekstraklasa.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates V. Cojocaru at 19.1 with a Season form score of 42.5, ranking 116th of 188 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 267 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 4th of 18 · an upper-table side

Watch points