Cristian Dulca

Cristian Alexandru Dulca (born 25 October 1972) is a Romanian professional football coach and former player, who played as a defender.

Cristian Dulca

Personal information
Full name	Cristian Alexandru Dulca
Date of birth	(1972-10-25) 25 October 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
0000–1992	CFR Cluj
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1995	CFR Cluj	74	(6)
1995	Gloria Bistrița	12	(0)
1996–1998	Rapid București	79	(10)
1999	Pohang Steelers	17	(1)
2000	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	12	(1)
2000–2001	Gaz Metan Mediaș	3	(0)
2001	Universitatea Cluj	4	(0)
2002–2003	Kispest Honvéd	30	(0)
Total		231	(18)
International career
1997–1998	Romania	6	(0)
Managerial career
2003–2004	Minerul Iara
2004	Avântul Reghin
2009	Vaslui
2009–2010	Universitatea Cluj
2010	Universitatea Cluj
2010–2012	Delta Tulcea
2012	Universitatea Cluj
2012–2013	FC Vaslui (assistant)
2013–2014	Gaz Metan Mediaș
2015–2016	Romania U21
2017–2018	Luceafărul Oradea
2018	Energeticianul
2019	Universitatea Cluj
2021–2024	Romania women
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

As a player, Dulca represented CFR Cluj, Gloria Bistrița, Rapid București, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, Gaz Metan Mediaș and Universitatea Cluj in his native Romania. He also had two spells abroad in South Korea and Hungary, with Pohang Steelers and Budapest Honvéd, respectively.

In 2003, Dulca was forced to retire from football because of a congenital heart defect.

International career

At international level, Dulca was included by head coach Anghel Iordănescu in the Romania national team squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He totalled six appearances for the country between 1997 and 1998.

International stats

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Romania	1997	1	0
	1998	5	0
Total		6	0

Coaching career

Following his retirement from playing, Dulca became the head coach of Minerul Iara, the Divizia C 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.^[1]

Personal life

Dulca's son, Marco, is also a professional footballer and plays as a midfielder.^[2]

Honours

Player

Rapid București^[3]

• Divizia A: 1998–99
• Cupa României: 1997–98
• Supercupa României runner-up: 1998

Coach

Șirineasa

• Liga III: 2017–18