Valeriu Ciupercă

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.

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.