Goalkeeper Valentyn Cojocaru, legitimized in Poland with Pogon Szczecin, feels unfairly selected for the national team of Romania, believing that he has made fewer mistakes in his entire career than Horatio Moldovan in the last year.

Valentin Kohokaru (tallest of four players)Photo: Mykola Myakshikov / Avalon / Profimedia

Valentyn Cojocaru is convinced that he is called to the Romanian national team not because of his coach

A former FCSB player, Cojocarul went through Italy (Crotone and Frosinone) and Cyprus (Apollo Limassol) before signing with Viitorul Constanța.

During this period, he was called up to the first team, but did not have time to make his debut.

This was followed by a transfer to Ukraine to Dnipro, who loaned him to Feyenoord, and then permanently to Leuven, who loaned him to Polish Pogon Szczecin.

The €900,000-rated goalkeeper has been disappointed with the selection of Edi Jordenescu, as well as with FRF officials not looking for him in recent times.

“It’s not in my nature to talk about other players, but it went too far. Without any modesty, I can say that over the last year the goalkeeper of the national team has made more mistakes than I have made in my entire career.

What confuses me is that I was selected for the national team when I played for Viitorul, and after playing for two better teams from stronger championships I was not selected again.

I realized that the impresario was an important criterion, and the fact that I hadn’t signed someone from Romania was worrying. My impresario was an important person in my growth as a footballer. We focused on results and never focused on the financial side.

The only contact I had was with the team manager of the national team, who asked me about my situation before moving to Pogon. Other than that, I never received any signs from the staff.

A funny incident was when I went to the FRF headquarters last summer to solve a problem and several people close to the national team asked me how things were going in Holland, at that time I had 20 caps in Belgium and two calls in previous list. This is one of the cases that made me think” – said Valentyn Kozhokarufor ProSport.

In the current season, Valentin Kozhokaru played five matches for “Pogon” and scored six goals.

Romania will face Belarus on Thursday evening, from 21:45, in the preliminary match of Euro 2024, broadcast of the match on HotNews.ro.