Marco Dulca

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Marco Dulca
Personal information
Full name Marco Alexandru Dulca
Date of birth (1999-05-11) 11 May 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Pohang, South Korea
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Celje
Number 4
Youth career
2004–2015 Universitatea Cluj
2015–2019 Swansea City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Viitorul Constanța 14 (0)
2020–2021Chindia Târgoviște (loan) 31 (2)
2021–2022 Chindia Târgoviște 36 (2)
2022–2023 FCSB 5 (0)
2023 Chindia Târgoviște 16 (0)
2023– Celje 31 (0)
International career
2015 Romania U17 [a] 1 (0)
2018 Romania U19 [a] 3 (0)
2017–2021 Romania U21 [a] 6 (0)
2021 Romania Olympic [a] 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024

Marco Alexandru Dulca (born 11 May 1999) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Celje.

Contents

Club career

Early career / Viitorul Constanța

Dulca started practising football with Universitatea Cluj at the age of five, [1] and remained at the club for more than a decade before joining the academy of Swansea City in 2015.

He returned to Romania four years later by signing for Viitorul Constanța, [2] where he recorded his senior debut in a 3–2 Liga I victory over Hermannstadt on 28 July 2019. [3]

Chindia Târgoviște

On 30 August 2020, Dulca was loaned out to fellow league team Chindia Târgoviște. [4] He scored his first career goal in a 2–2 home draw with Argeș Pitești on 19 December, and totalled 33 matches in all competitions during the 2020–21 season.

During the summer of 2021, Dulca joined Chindia Târgoviște on a permanent basis as part of a swap deal. [5]

FCSB

On 5 August 2022, FCSB officially announced the signing of Dulca after diverting him from his way to 1899 Hoffenheim and meeting his 200,000 release clause. [6] [7] [8] He made his debut the following day in a 1–1 league draw at Mioveni.

Celje

On 14 September 2023, Dulca moved abroad for the first time in his senior career and signed with Slovenian PrvaLiga outfit Celje on a contract until 2026. [9]

International career

Dulca represented the Romania national under-23 team in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan, [10] starting in all three games of the group-stage exit. [11]

Personal life

Dulca was born in Pohang, South Korea, where his father Cristian was playing for Pohang Steelers. The latter was also a professional footballer and was part of the Romania squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. [12]

In 2021, it was reported that Dulca started dating Mihaela Buzărnescu, a Romanian tennis player 11 years his senior. [1] They ended their relationship the following year, after she accused him of emotional abuse. [8] [13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 November 2024 [11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Viitorul Constanța 2019–20 Liga I 140100000150
Chindia Târgoviște (loan) 2020–21 Liga I31220332
Chindia Târgoviște 2021–22 Liga I332202 [b] 0372
2022–23 Liga I190190
Total8344020894
FCSB 2022–23 Liga I503050130
Celje 2023–24 Slovenian PrvaLiga 21020230
2024–25 Slovenian PrvaLiga1002180201
Total3104180431
Career total1334121130201605
  1. 1 2 3 4 Official competitive matches only
  2. Appearance(s) in the Liga I promotion/relegation play-offs

Honours

Viitorul Constanța

Celje

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References

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  5. "Chindia dă lovitura pe piața transferurilor! Șase jucători de la clubul lui Gheorghe Hagi ajung la echipa din Târgoviște, după plecarea lui Marian Aioani la noul Farul" [Chindia hits the jackpot on the transfer market! Six players from Gheorghe Hagi's club are joining the team from Târgoviște, after Marian Aioani left for the new Farul] (in Romanian). ProSport. 21 June 2021.
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