Valentin Cojocaru

Cojocaru's current-season form is down 76% on last season (Season 45→11), while his Rating eased 33→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	2	0	0%	8.65	—	—
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 217th of 337 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 17th of 28 of the 28 goalkeepers in the Ekstraklasa, on 6 clean sheets across 31 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 45 → 11). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 25, 19th of 28 of the 28 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 potential19th of 28 goalkeepers · Ekstraklasa Current season17th of 28 goalkeepers · Ekstraklasa17th-best goalkeeper in the Ekstraklasa217th in the Ekstraklasa · potential19th-highest potential goalkeeper in the Ekstraklasa

24.5

Ratingi

19th of 28 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 19th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the Ekstraklasa of 28. 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

Pass accuracy %65

Dribble success %100

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.

Shooting

Goals0

Passing

Assists0

Passes979

Pass accuracy65%

Possession

Successful dribbles3

Dribble success100%

Duels won35

Duels won %92.1%

Fouls won18

Defending

Tackles2

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4

Red cards0

Transfer history

€0.4M total transfer fees · 10 moves

Pogon Szczecin2024/25 – now

Pogon Szczecin(on loan)2023/24 – 2024/25

OH Leuven2022/23 – 2023/24

Feyenoord(on loan)2021/22 – 2022/23

DDnipro-12021/22 – 2021/22€ 100K

Viitorul Constanta(back from loan)2020/21 – 2021/22

FC Voluntari(on loan)2019/20 – 2020/21

Viitorul Constanta2017/18 – 2019/20

Apollon Limassoluntil 2017/18

Frosinone(on loan)2016/17 – 2017/18

Crotone2016/17 – 2016/17€ 250K

FCSBuntil 2016/17

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 9th of 18 in the Ekstraklasa.

This season

In the current season, V. Cojocaru has made 31 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 2,775 minutes, averaging a 7.35 match rating over his last 10 rated games, with 4 yellow cards.

When V. Cojocaru plays, Pogon Szczecin's record this season is 13W-4D-14L — and his match ratings average 7.31 at home against 7.31 on the road.

Recent matches

May 15, 2026: 1-0 win away at Zaglebie Lubin (90 minutes, 7.5 rating)
May 9, 2026: 2-3 loss away at Jagiellonia (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)
May 3, 2026: 3-0 win at home vs Wisla Plock (90 minutes, 7.9 rating)
April 25, 2026: 1-1 draw away at Cracovia Krakow (90 minutes, 7 rating)
April 18, 2026: 1-2 loss at home vs Lech Poznan (90 minutes, 8.7 rating)
April 13, 2026: 2-0 win away at Piast Gliwice (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)
April 6, 2026: 0-2 loss at home vs Legia Warszawa (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)
March 21, 2026: 1-2 loss away at Lechia Gdansk (90 minutes, 7.3 rating)
March 16, 2026: 2-1 win at home vs Korona Kielce (90 minutes, 7.2 rating)
March 8, 2026: 0-2 loss away at Raków Częstochowa (90 minutes, 6 rating)

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates V. Cojocaru at 24.5 with a Season form score of 10.8, ranking 217th of 337 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 259 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, Viitorul Constanta, FC Voluntari, Apollon Limassol, Frosinone, Crotone and FCSB.

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