Dorel Stoica (born 15 December 1978, in

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) is a Romanian professional footballer. He manages and plays for Tractorul Cetate.

Club career

He started his career with

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in 2003. A year later, he moved to FC Caracal. In 2005, Stoica was transferred to Universitatea Craiova where he made his breakthrough in Romanian football. Later, he became captain of Universitatea and joined the

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. On 5 January 2010, his move to Saudi Arabian side

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was made official. He signed a 6-month contract, with a monthly payment of €30,000.

Steaua București

In June 2010, the former captain of Universitatea Craiova moved back in

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to play for Steaua București in Liga 1, following coach Victor Pițurcă. In his first match for Steaua, Dorel scored a goal at the Stadionul Cetate. He equalled the score in the 45th minute after

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opened the score in the 8th, Steaua won away with 2–1.

Universitatea Craiova

After only two months playing for Steaua he was sold back to Universitatea Craiova, because coach

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resigned before round three of the new season and the new coach

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no longer needed his services.

Dinamo București

Following Universitatea Craiova's disaffiliation, Stoica became a

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and joined

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, on a two-year contract, entering the list of footballers who played for the great rivals Steaua and Dinamo. In the summer of 2012, he was released from Dinamo by mutual agreement. He played for giants 10 caps and score 1 goal, in a match against

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. The team won the

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in May 2012.

CS Turnu Severin

In February 2013 he moved to

CS Turnu Severin Clubul Sportiv Turnu Severin was a Romanian professional football club from Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Mehedinți County, founded in 2007 and dissolved in 2013. In 2012, the team promoted to the Liga I for the first time in their short history. After ...

. He was released in summer 2013.

Back to Universitatea Craiova

In July 2013, the 34-year-old Stoica returned to Universitatea Craiova, the club where he spent the majority of his career.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.''

Honours

Club

;Dinamo București *

(1): 2011–12

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stoica, Dorel 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Drobeta-Turnu Severin Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers FC U Craiova 1948 players FCSB players FC Dinamo București players Al-Ettifaq FC players CS Turnu Severin players Liga I players Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Saudi Pro League players Men's association football central defenders Footballers from Mehedinți County