Pavel Badea (born 10 June 1967) is a

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n retired

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er who played as a

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. He played professionally in Romania, Switzerland, South Korea and Japan.

Playing career

Badea began his professional football career with Universitatea Craiova, making his league debut in 1984. He left

to play for

FC Lausanne-Sport Football Club Lausanne-Sport is a Swiss Association football, football club based in Lausanne in the canton of Vaud. Founded in 1896, Lausanne Sport compete in the top-tier Swiss Super League after being promoted in the 2022–23 Swiss Challeng ...

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in the summer of 1992, later moving to Korea Republic to play for

Suwon Samsung Bluewings The Suwon Samsung Bluewings () are a South Korean Association football, football club based in Suwon that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. Founded in December 1995, they have won the K League on four occas ...

from 1996 to 1998. He spent the next several seasons in

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

playing for

Bellmare Hiratsuka is a Japanese professional football club based in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Hiratsuk ...

Kashiwa Reysol is a Japanese professional association football, football club based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Sankyo ...

and

Avispa Fukuoka is a Japanese professional football club based in Hakata, Fukuoka. They currently compete in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. History Earlier years in Fujieda The club were originally based in Fujieda, Shizu ...

in the

J1 League The , the J.League or the for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Japan and the highest level of the Japanese football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation ...

. He returned to

in December 2001, where he finished his career with

FC Extensiv Craiova Fotbal Club Caracal was a Romanian professional football club from Caracal, Olt County. The club's best period was in the early 90s when Electroputere Craiova, as it was called then, played four consecutive seasons in the Romanian first league. ...

and Universitatea Craiova. Badea made nine appearances for the senior

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from 1990 to 1992.

Coaching career

Badea managed Universitatea Craiova for 7 league matches during 2003. He returned for a second spell at the club in the 2004–05 season.

Club statistics

National team statistics

European Cups statistics

14 matches - 0 goals * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1985–86 : 4 matches 0 goals *

UEFA Cup 1987–88 The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; ; ) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach football in Europe and the transcontinental countries of Turkey, Azerbaijan, ...

: 2 matches 0 goals *

UEFA Cup 1990–91 The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; ; ) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach football in Europe and the transcontinental countries of Turkey, Azerbaijan, ...

: 4 matches 0 goals *

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: 2 matches 0 goals *

UEFA Cup 1995–96 The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; ; ) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach football in Europe and the transcontinental countries of Turkey, Azerbaijan, ...

: 2 matches 0 goals

International matches

9 matches - 2 goals

Honours

Club

;Universitatea Craiova * Romanian League: 1990–91 *

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: 1990–91 ;Suwon Samsung Bluewings *

K League 1 The K League 1 () is a professional association football league in South Korea and the highest level of the South Korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs. It is one of the most successful leagues in the Asian Foo ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

Runner-up:

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Korean FA Cup The Korea Cup (), formerly the Korean FA Cup, is a national Association football, football cup knockout competition of South Korea, held annually by the Korea Football Association (KFA). Before the competition was established in 1996, two simil ...

Runner-up:

Asian Cup Winners' Cup The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an Asian football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-Asian club competition organised by Asian Football Confedera ...

Runner-up: 1997–98 ;Kashiwa Reysol *

J.League Cup The is a Japanese Association football, football (soccer) competition organised by J.League, the men's association football league in Japan. It has been sponsored by Yamazaki Biscuits (YBC) of Yamazaki Baking (formerly Yamazaki Nabisco) since it ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

Individual

K League Best XI The K League Best XI is an award for the best eleven players in a K League season. K League 1 award (1983–present) Winners Players marked bold won the K League MVP Award, Most Valuable Player award in that respective year. Appearances by ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Badea, Pavel 1967 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers FC U Craiova 1948 players FC Lausanne-Sport players Suwon Samsung Bluewings players Shonan Bellmare players Kashiwa Reysol players Avispa Fukuoka players Liga I players Swiss Super League players K League 1 players J1 League players Footballers from Craiova Romanian football managers FC U Craiova 1948 managers Romanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Romanian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland 20th-century Romanian sportsmen