External links
- Marco Dulca at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 33 | (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 16 February 2025 | |||
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | ||
| Total | 33 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | — | 48 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 135 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 163 | 5 | ||
Viitorul Constanța
Celje
Marcel Ghergu, the director of Chindia, said that Marco Dulca had the 250,000 euro clause since the moment the contract was signed.
