Cristian Alexandru Dulca (born 25 October 1972) is a Romanian professional football coach and former player, who is currently in charge of the Romania women's national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cristian Alexandru Dulca | ||
Date of birth | (1972-10-25) 25 October 1972 (age 49) | ||
Place of birth | Cluj, Romania | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Romania women (head coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1995 | CFR Cluj | 74 | (6) |
1995–1996 | Gloria Bistrița | 12 | (0) |
1996–1999 | Rapid București | 79 | (10) |
1999 | Pohang Steelers | 17 | (1) |
2000 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 12 | (1) |
2000–2001 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 3 | (0) |
2001–2002 | Universitatea Cluj | 4 | (0) |
2002–2003 | Budapest Honvéd | 30 | (0) |
Total | 231 | (18) | |
National team | |||
1997–1998 | Romania | 6 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2003–2004 | Minerul Iara | ||
2004 | Avântul Reghin | ||
2009 | Vaslui | ||
2009–2010 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
2010 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
2010–2012 | Delta Tulcea | ||
2012 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
2013–2014 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | ||
2015–2016 | Romania U21 | ||
2017–2018 | Luceafărul Oradea | ||
2018 | Energeticianul | ||
2019 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
2021– | Romania women | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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.
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.
In 2003, Dulca was forced to retire from football because of a congenital heart defect.
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]
Dulca's son, Marco, is also a professional footballer and plays as a midfielder.[2]
Rapid București[3]
Romania squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup | ||
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Cristian Dulca managerial positions | |||||||||||||||||
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Current managers of UEFA women's national teams | |
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