Narcis Iulian Bădic (born 15 July 1991) is a Romanian professional

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who plays as a

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or a

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Club career

Bădic started his career with local team FC Politehnica Iași, and slowly made his way through the various youth teams, until the summer of 2010, when the club folded due to financial constraints.

Politehnica Iași

Later that summer, Bădic signed a contract with the successor of Poli, the newly founded

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club Politehnica Iași (2010). After two years in the Romanian

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, Bădic helped Politehnica to the

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title and subsequent promotion to

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. He made his first league debut on 29 April 2013, in a 1–2 defeat against FC Brașov. After two dreadful seasons marred by various injuries, in which Bădic only managed a combined four league appearances, he finally made his first team comeback for the

2014–15 Liga I The 2014–15 Liga I was the ninety-seventh season of Liga I, the top-level association football, football league of Romania. The season began on the 25 July 2014 and ended on 30 May 2015. 2 Mário Felgueiras was transferred to Konyaspor during ...

campaign. For the 2017–18 season, manager

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moved Bădic from the midfield to the left back position. While playing in defence, he put in some of his best performances for Politehnica, helping them to a record sixth-place finish in the league. He was subsequently rewarded with a new two-year contract to keep him at the club until the summer of 2020.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Politehnica Iași

: 2011–12, 2013–14

References

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* * 1991 births Living people Footballers from Iași Romanian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga I players Liga II players FC Politehnica Iași (2010) players Men's association football defenders 21st-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-footy-defender-1990s-stub