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

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
Romania	1997	1
Romania	1998	5
Total		6

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]

Coach

Șirineasa

Liga III: 2017–18

References

^ ""Coreeanul" de la Reghin" ["The Korean" from Regin]. Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
^ "Marco Dulca o ia pe urmele tatălui său! E gata să se vopsească blond dacă România se întoarce cu o medalie de la Tokyo" [Marco Dulca follows in his father's footsteps! He is ready to paint his hair blonde if Romania returns with a medal from Tokyo] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
^ Cristian Dulca at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-12-27.

External links

Cristian Dulca – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
Cristian Dulca at National-Football-Teams.com
Cristian Dulca – FIFA competition record (archived)

[1] ""Coreeanul" de la Reghin" ["The Korean" from Regin]. Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2011.

[2] "Marco Dulca o ia pe urmele tatălui său! E gata să se vopsească blond dacă România se întoarce cu o medalie de la Tokyo" [Marco Dulca follows in his father's footsteps! He is ready to paint his hair blonde if Romania returns with a medal from Tokyo] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2022.

[RS-3] Cristian Dulca at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-12-27.

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