Adrian Dulcea

Romanian former striker

Adrian Dulcea
Personal information
Date of birth	(1978-11-25) 25 November 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth	Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Unirea Bascov (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1996	FC Râmnicu Vâlcea	3	(0)
1998–1999	Gloria Bistriţa	6	(0)
1998–1999	Unirea Dej	7	(1)
1999–2001	Olimpia Satu Mare	62	(17)
2001–2002	Győri ETO FC	10	(2)
2002	Siófok (loan)	10	(7)
2002–2003	CFR Cluj	11	(0)
2002–2004	Gaz Metan Mediaş	29	(9)
2004–2005	Olimpia Satu Mare	15	(10)
2004–2007	Jiul Petroşani	57	(8)
2007–2010	FC Argeş	53	(21)
2010–2011	Mioveni	14	(1)
2011–2012	ALRO Slatina	20	(5)
2012–2013	FC Argeş	29	(12)
2013–2015	SCM Pitești	20	(3)
Managerial career
2014–2015	Argeşul Piteşti
2015	SCM Pitești (assistant)
2015–2016	FC Argeş 1953
2016	Râmnicu Vâlcea
2016–2017	Râmnicu Vâlcea (assistant)
2017	Atletic Bradu
2017–2020	Unirea Bascov
2020	FC Argeș
2020–2023	Unirea Bascov
2022–2023	Romania U-20 (assistant)
2023–	Romania U-19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 August 2017

Pavel Adrian Dulcea (born 25 November 1978) is a former Romanian striker and business manager.^[1]

Club career

He started his career in his hometown, in the 1995/96 season, at FC Râmnicu Vâlcea in Romanian Second League. The oldest know this team by the name Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea. When he was a youth, after an international tournament played in Naples by his team, he was offered a contract by Salernitana, but his family declined the offer.

After leaving Râmnicu Vâlcea, in 1998, followed a period of almost ten years spent only with teams from Ardeal. With one exception, the 2001/02 season, where he spent time with the Hungarian teams Györi and Siófok. This being his only experiences outside of Romanian football. During this entire period of 10 years, he played for teams such as Gloria Bistrița, Unirea Dej, Olimpia Satu Mare, CFR Cluj, Gaz Metan Mediaș and Jiul Petroșani.

His debut in the Romanian First League was in the 1998/99 season, when he played for Gloria Bistrița. He only played 6 games that season, failing to score a goal. Also in Bistrița, but in his second period at Gloria, he made his debut in the Europe. In the 2000/01 season he played in the UEFA Intertoto Cup against FC Jazz Pori from Finland.

He came to FC Argeș in the 2007. Argeș had been relegated to Liga II and were aiming for promotion. He had a good season, managing to score 14 goals in 22 matches. Thanks to his goals, he was nicknamed "Dulcea Boom Boom" by Arges fans. He played with FC Argeș in Liga I in the following season. He scored 7 times in 31 games, 2 of the goals being scored in the last leg, in Argeș's 5-2 victory over Dinamo. He stayed with the team even in difficult moments. At the end of the 2008/09 season, Argeș was relegated due to the corruption scandal. Cornel Penescu, the owner of the club at that time, had been involved. Adrian remained with the team in the next season, in Liga II, where he played 23 matches and scored 7 goals.

After that, in 2010 he moved to CS Mioveni, where he stayed one season. Then he moved to ALRO Slatina for a season and returned to FC Argeș where he stayed until the club was disaffiliated and went extinct.

Adrian remained in Pitesti, choosing to be involved in the revival of FC Argeș. He signed with SCM Pitesti and played there two seasons, in Liga III. In 2015 he ended his career as a footballer.

Personal life

Dulcea is an AC Milan fan; the legendary team is managed by Arrigo Sachi, with Gullit, Rijkaard, and Marco Van Basten. Van Basten was his role model as a footballer. During his football coach career, Dulcea's model was Bobby Robson.

Dulcea has a son, Patrick, who is also a footballer. He is also a player at the Academy of Farul Constanta, noted as "one of the best players of his age".

External links

http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/d/dulcea_adrian.shtml
http://www.nela.hu//nch_pid.php?id=2067
https://arges-sport.ro/adrian-dulcea-a-fost-numit-antrenor-secund-al-nationalei-u20-a-romaniei/
https://fcolimpia.ro/interviu-adrian-dulcea/
https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/adrian-dulcea-interviu-dupa-ce-a-preluat-o-pe-fc-arges-trebuie-sa-tinem-cu-dintii-de-liga-1-617351.html