Cristian Alexandru Dulca (born 25 October 1972) is a Romanian professional
football
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coach and former player, who played as a
defender.
Playing career
As a player, Dulca represented
CFR Cluj
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,
Gloria Bistrița,
Rapid București
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Sport ...
,
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț,
Gaz Metan Mediaș
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* Gaz, Darmian, village in South Khorasan province
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and
Universitatea Cluj
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in his native Romania. He also had two spells abroad in South Korea and Hungary, with
Pohang Steelers
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and
Budapest Honvéd
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, respectively.
In 2003, Dulca was forced to retire from football because of a
congenital heart defect
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.
International career
At international level, Dulca was included by head coach
Anghel Iordănescu
Anghel Iordănescu (; born 4 May 1950), is a Romanian former footballer and former manager, who played as a forward.
In 2007, Iordănescu retired from football, and the following February, after his predecessor resigned, he became a member ...
in the
Romania national team squad for the
1998 FIFA World Cup
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. He totalled six appearances for the country between 1997 and 1998.
International stats
Coaching career
Following his retirement from playing, Dulca became the head coach of Minerul Iara, the
Divizia C
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feeder team for Universitatea Cluj. The next year, he coached another Divizia C team,
Avântul Reghin, for 13 matches. In February 2005, Dulca became assistant executive director at Universitatea Cluj.
Personal life
Dulca's son,
Marco
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, is also a professional footballer and plays as a
midfielder
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.
Honours
Player
Rapid București
*
Divizia A
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:
1998–99
*
Cupa României
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:
1997–98
*
Supercupa României
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The competition started off in 1994 Supe ...
runner-up:
1998
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Coach
Șirineasa
*
Liga III
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:
2017–18
References
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1972 births
Living people
Footballers from Cluj-Napoca
Romanian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Romanian expatriate men's footballers
Romania men's international footballers
CFR Cluj players
ACF Gloria Bistrița players
FC Rapid București players
Pohang Steelers players
CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț players
CS Gaz Metan Mediaș players
FC Universitatea Cluj players
Budapest Honvéd FC players
Liga I players
Liga II players
K League 1 players
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea
Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
1998 FIFA World Cup players
Romanian football managers
Liga I managers
Liga II managers
FC Vaslui managers
FC Universitatea Cluj managers
CS Gaz Metan Mediaș managers
CS Luceafărul Oradea managers
ACS Viitorul Târgu Jiu managers
Association football managers by women's national team
20th-century Romanian sportsmen