Marco Dulca
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Alexandru Dulca | ||
| Date of birth | 11 May 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Pohang, South Korea | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Petrolul Ploiești | ||
| Number | 88 | ||
| 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) |
| 2021–2022 | Chindia Târgoviște | 36 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | FCSB | 5 | (0) |
| 2023 | Chindia Târgoviște | 16 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Celje | 38 | (0) |
| 2025– | Petrolul Ploiești | 21 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 2015 | Romania U17[a] | 1 | (0) |
| 2018 | Romania U19[a] | 3 | (0) |
| 2017–2021 | Romania U21[a] | 6 | (0) |
| 2021 | Romania Olympic[a] | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 April 2026 | |||
Marco Alexandru Dulca (born 11 May 1999) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club Petrolul Ploiești.
Early career / Viitorul Constanța
Dulca started practising football with Universitatea Cluj at the age of 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]
Chindia Târgoviște
On 30 August 2020, Dulca was loaned out to fellow league team Chindia Târgoviște.[4] He scored his first career goal in a 2–2 home draw with Argeș Pitești on 19 December, and totalled 33 matches in all competitions during the 2020–21 season.
During the summer of 2021, Dulca joined Chindia Târgoviște on a permanent basis as part of a swap deal.[5]
FCSB
On 5 August 2022, FCSB officially announced the signing of Dulca after diverting him from his way to 1899 Hoffenheim and meeting his €200,000 release clause.[6][7][8] He made his debut the following day in a 1–1 league draw at Mioveni.
Celje
On 14 September 2023, Dulca moved abroad for the first time in his senior career and signed with Slovenian PrvaLiga outfit Celje on a contract until 2026.[9]
International career
Dulca represented the Romania national under-23 team in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan,[10] starting in all three games of the group-stage exit.[11]
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.[12]
In 2021, it was reported that Dulca started dating Mihaela Buzărnescu, a Romanian tennis player 11 years his senior.[1] They ended their relationship the following year, after she accused him of emotional abuse.[8][13]
