Cristian Alexandru Dulca (born 25 October 1972) is a Romanian professional football coach and former player, who is currently in charge of the Romania women's national team.

Playing career

As a player, Dulca represented

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, Gloria Bistrița,

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, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, Gaz Metan Mediaș and

Universitatea Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first ...

in his native Romania. He also had two spells abroad in South Korea and Hungary, with Pohang Steelers and

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, respectively. At international level, Dulca was included by head coach

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in the

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squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He totalled six appearances for the country between 1997 and 1998. In 2003, Dulca was forced to retire from football because of a congenital heart defect.

Coaching career

Following his retirement from playing, Dulca became the head coach of Minerul Iara, the Liga III, 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.

Personal life

Dulca's son, Marco Dulca, Marco, is also a professional footballer and plays as a midfielder.

Honours

Player

Rapid București *Liga I, Divizia A: Divizia A 1998–99, 1998–99 *Cupa României: 1998 Cupa României Final, 1997–98

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dulca, Cristian 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Cluj-Napoca Romanian footballers Association football defenders Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Romanian expatriate footballers Romania international footballers CFR Cluj players ACF Gloria Bistrița players FC Rapid București players Pohang Steelers players CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț players CS Gaz Metan Mediaș players FC Universitatea Cluj players Budapest Honvéd FC players Liga I players K League 1 players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Expatriate footballers in South Korea Expatriate footballers in Hungary Romanian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea 1998 FIFA World Cup players Romanian football managers FC Vaslui managers FC Universitatea Cluj managers CS Gaz Metan Mediaș managers CS Luceafărul Oradea managers ACS Viitorul Târgu Jiu managers