Dan Bucșa

Dan Mihai Bucșa (born 23 June 1988) is a Romanian footballer who plays for Liga IV side Victoria Cluj as a midfielder.^[1]

Dan Bucșa

Personal information
Full name	Dan Mihai Bucșa
Date of birth	(1988-06-23) 23 June 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth	Dej, Romania
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Victoria Cluj (player-manager)
Number	21
Youth career
1995–1999	Unirea Dej
1999–2005	Luceafărul Dej
2005–2006	Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2012	Dinamo II București	117	(6)
2009–2010	→ Universitatea Cluj (loan)	19	(0)
2012	Dinamo București	2	(0)
2012	Bergisch Gladbach	14	(0)
2013–2014	Universitatea Cluj	59	(2)
2015	Győri ETO	10	(0)
2015	Târgu Mureș	0	(0)
2015–2016	Petrolul Ploiești	35	(0)
2016–2017	Hapoel Bnei Lod	36	(0)
2017	Juventus București	2	(0)
2017–2018	Concordia Chiajna	30	(0)
2019	Petrolul Ploiești	11	(1)
2020	Concordia Chiajna	2	(0)
2020–	Victoria Cluj	0	(0)
International career
2009	Romania U23	1	(0)
Managerial career
2020–	Victoria Cluj
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 September 2020

Career

Unirea Dej & Luceafărul Dej

Bucșa started his career in his home town, at Unirea Dej, and later at Luceafărul Dej.

Dinamo București

In 2006, when he was 18, he was bought by Dinamo București, being wanted by Mircea Rednic who often call him at the first team training sessions.^[2] He played for three years for the second Dinamo team where he became captain.

Universitatea Cluj

In July 2009, Bucșa joined Universitatea Cluj, the Liga II team that was bought by Florian Walter, former paymaster at Dinamo.^[3] During his spell at Cluj, he was called at the national U23 team, by Răzvan Lucescu.^[4] After only a year, Bucșa was released by Universitatea Cluj.^[5]

Then, he was closed to a transfer at Arieşul Turda, but everything fall out in the last moments.^[6]

Return to Dinamo București

After that, he decided to come back at Dinamo București. Bucșa played his first match in Liga I on 21 March 2012, in a game against Oțelul Galați.^[7]

Bergisch Gladbach

He was released from Dinamo in the summer of 2012 and signed a contract with the German team Bergisch Gladbach.^[8]

Return to Universitatea Cluj

After only four months, he ended his contract and came back to Romania, agreeing a contract with his former team Universitatea Cluj.^[9] In December 2014, he ended his contract with U.Cluj.^[10]

Return to Concordia Chiajna

On 21 February 2020, Concordia Chiajna presented Bucșa as their new player.^[11]