Adrian Dulcea

Adrian Dulcea
Personal information
Date of birth	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
1995–1996	FC Râmnicu Vâlcea
1998–1999	Gloria Bistriţa
1998–1999	Unirea Dej
1999–2001	Olimpia Satu Mare
2001–2002	Győri ETO FC
2002	Siófok (loan)
2002–2003	CFR Cluj
2002–2004	Gaz Metan Mediaş
2004–2005	Olimpia Satu Mare
2004–2007	Jiul Petroşani
2007–2010	FC Argeş
2010–2011	Mioveni
2011–2012	ALRO Slatina
2012–2013	FC Argeş
2013–2015	SCM Pitești
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 Romanian former striker. Currently he is a manager.

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 spectacular 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

He is an AC Milan fan, because of the legendary team managed by Arrigo Sachi, with Gullit, Rijkaard, and Van Basten. Marco van Basten was his role model as a footballer. As a coach, he has Bobby Robson as his model who impressed him with his modesty.

He has a son, Patrick Dulcea, who is also a footballer. He plays at the academy of Farul Constanta, being one of the best players of his age.

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