Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marco Alexandru Dulca | ||
Date of birth | 11 May 1999 | ||
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* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2021 | Viitorul Constanța | 14 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Chindia 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.
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]
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]
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.
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]
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Viitorul Constanța | 2019–20 | Liga I | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Chindia Târgoviște (loan) | 2020–21 | Liga I | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 2 | ||
Chindia Târgoviște | 2021–22 | Liga I | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 [b] | 0 | 37 | 2 | |
2022–23 | Liga I | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
Total | 83 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 89 | 4 | |||
FCSB | 2022–23 | Liga I | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
Celje | 2023–24 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
2024–25 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | ||
Total | 31 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | — | 43 | 1 | |||
Career total | 133 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 160 | 5 |
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