Marco Dulca

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Marco Dulca
Personal information
Full name Marco Alexandru Dulca
Date of birth (1999-05-11) 11 May 1999 (age 22)
Place of birth Pohang, South Korea
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Chindia Târgoviște
Number 8
Youth career
2004–2015 Universitatea Cluj
2015–2019 Swansea City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Viitorul Constanța 14 (0)
2020–2021 → Chindia Târgoviște (loan) 31 (2)
2021– Chindia Târgoviște 19 (0)
National team‡
2015–2016 Romania U17 4 (0)
2016 Romania U18 4 (0)
2017–2018 Romania U19 5 (0)
2017–2021 Romania U21 8 (0)
2021 Romania Olympic 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05 February 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 July 2021

Marco Alexandru Dulca (born 11 May 1999) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club Chindia Târgoviște.

Club career[]

Dulca started practising football with Universitatea Cluj at age five,[1] and remained at the club for more than a decade before joining the academy of Swansea City in 2015. He returned to Romania four years later by signing for Viitorul Constanța,[2] where he recorded his senior debut in a 3–2 Liga I victory over Hermannstadt on 28 July 2019.[3]

On 30 August 2020, Dulca was loaned out to fellow league team Chindia Târgoviște.[4] He scored his first career goal on 19 December, in a 2–2 home draw with FC Argeș, and totalled 33 matches in all competitions during the 2020–21 season. The next summer, Dulca joined Chindia on a permanent basis as part of a swap deal.[5]

International career[]

Dulca represented Romania under-23 at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan,[6] starting in all three games of the group-stage exit.

Personal life[]

Dulca was born in Pohang, South Korea, where his father Cristian was playing for Pohang Steelers. The latter was also a professional footballer and was part of the Romania squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[7]

In 2021, it was reported that Dulca started dating Mihaela Buzărnescu, a Romanian tennis player 11 years his senior.[1]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 05 February 2022[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Viitorul Constanța 2019–20 Liga I 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Chindia Târgoviște (loan) 2020–21 Liga I 31 2 2 0 — — 33 2
Chindia Târgoviște 2021–22 Liga I 19 0 3 0 — — 22 0
Career total 64 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 70 2

Honours[]

Viitorul Constanța[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "O nouă poveste de dragoste în sportul românesc: Marco Dulca se iubește cu Mihaela Buzărnescu | SPECIAL" [A new love story in Romanian sports: Marco Dulca is in a relationship with Mihaela Buzărnescu | SPECIAL] (in Romanian). ProSport. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Marco Dulca a semnat cu Viitorul » Din Anglia, direct în Liga 1" [Marco Dulca signed with Viitorul » From England, directly to Liga 1]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Hagi revine pe locul 1! Spectacol total la Viitorul – Hermannstadt: 3-2, după 0-0 la pauză. VIDEO" [Hagi returns to the first place! Total entertainment in Viitorul – Hermannstadt: 3–2, after 0–0 at the break. VIDEO] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Tiberiu Căpușă, Marco Dulca și Paul Iacob vor evolua la Chindia Târgoviște" [Tiberiu Căpușă, Marco Dulca și Paul Iacob will play for Chindia Târgoviște] (in Romanian). FC Viitorul Constanța. 30 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Chindia dă lovitura pe piața transferurilor! Șase jucători de la clubul lui Gheorghe Hagi ajung la echipa din Târgoviște, după plecarea lui Marian Aioani la noul Farul" [Chindia hits the jackpot on the transfer market! Six players from Gheorghe Hagi's club are joining the team from Târgoviște, after Marian Aioani left for the new Farul] (in Romanian). ProSport. 21 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Lotul României U23 convocat pentru Jocurile Olimpice de la Tokyo" [Romania U23's squad called up for the Olympic Games in Tokyo]. Romanian Football Federation. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  7. ^ "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 24 September 2021.
  8. ^ a b Marco Dulca at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

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