Adrian Dulcea

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Adrian Dulcea
Personal information
Full name Pavel Adrian Dulcea
Date of birth (1978-11-25) 25 November 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Călimănești, Romania
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 Romania U19 (head coach)
Youth career
–1995 FC Râmnicu Vâlcea
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1998 FC Râmnicu Vâlcea 3 (0)
1998 Gloria Bistriţa 6 (0)
1999 Unirea Dej 7 (1)
1999–2001 Olimpia Satu Mare 62 (17)
2001–2002 Győr 10 (2)
2002 Siófok (loan) 10 (7)
2002 CFR Cluj 11 (0)
2003–2004 Gaz Metan Mediaş 29 (9)
2004–2005 Olimpia Satu Mare 15 (10)
2005–2007 Jiul Petroşani 57 (8)
2007–2010 Argeş Piteşti 76 (28)
2010 Mioveni 14 (1)
2011 ALRO Slatina 20 (5)
2012–2013 Argeş Piteşti 29 (12)
2013–2015 SCM Pitești 20 (3)
Unirea Bascov 5 (5)
Total374(108)
Managerial career
2014–2015 SCM Piteşti (player/coach)
2015 SCM Pitești (assistant)
2015–2016 Argeș 1953 Pitești
2016 CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea
2016–2017 CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea (assistant)
2017 Atletic Bradu
2017–2018 Unirea Bascov (player/coach)
2018–2020 Unirea Bascov
2020 Argeș Pitești (caretaker)
2021–2023 Unirea Bascov
2022–2023 Romania U20 (assistant)
2023 Romania U18
2023–2024 Romania U19
2024–2025 Romania U18
2025– Romania U19
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pavel Adrian Dulcea (born 25 November 1978) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a striker, currently the head coach of the Romania national under-19 team.

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Club career

Dulcea started his career in his hometown in the 1995/96 season, at FC Râmnicu Vâlcea in Divizia B. He was offered a contract by Salernitana after an international tournament played in Naples by his team but his family declined the offer.

After leaving Râmnicu Vâlcea in 1998 followed a period of almost ten years spent only with teams from Ardeal, with one exception, the 2001/02 season, where he spent time with the Hungarian teams Györ and Siófok. This being his only experiences outside of Romanian football. During this entire period of 10 years, he played for teams such as Gloria Bistrița, Unirea Dej, Olimpia Satu Mare, CFR Cluj, Gaz Metan Mediaș and Jiul Petroșani.

His debut in the Divizia A was in the 1998/99 season, when he played for Gloria Bistrița. He only played 6 games that season, failing to score a goal. Also in Bistrița, but in his second period at Gloria, he made his debut in the Europe. In the 2000/01 season he played in the UEFA Intertoto Cup against FC Jazz Pori from Finland.

He came to Argeș Pitești in the 2007. Argeș had been relegated to Liga II and were aiming for promotion. He had a good season, managing to score 14 goals in 22 matches. Thanks to his goals, he was nicknamed "Dulcea Boom Boom" by Arges fans. He played with FC Argeș in Liga I in the following season. He scored 7 times in 31 games, 2 of the goals being scored in the last leg, in Argeș's 5-2 victory over Dinamo București. He stayed with the team even in difficult moments. At the end of the 2008/09 season, Argeș was relegated due to the corruption scandal. Cornel Penescu, the owner of the club at that time, had been involved. Adrian remained with the team in the next season, in Liga II, where he played 23 matches and scored 7 goals.

After that, in 2010 he moved to CS Mioveni, where he played for one season. Then he moved to ALRO Slatina for a season and returned to FC Argeș where he stayed until the club was disaffiliated and went extinct.

Dulcea remained in Pitesti, choosing to be involved in the revival of FC Argeș. He signed with SCM Pitesti and played there two seasons, in Liga III. In 2015 he ended his career as a footballer.

Personal life

Dulcea has a son, Patrick, who is also a footballer. [1]

Honours

Player

Siófok

Jiul Petroșani

Argeș Pitești

Unirea Bascov

Coach

Unirea Bascov

References

  1. ↑ "Poartă pe umeri numele tatălui, dar vrea să se facă cunoscut prin talentul său. Patrick Dulcea își dorește să ajungă la naționala României: "La FC Argeș nu am avut atât de multe șanse să joc"". iamsport.ro.


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