Cristian Alexandru Dulca (born 25 October 1972) is a Romanian professional football coach and former player, who played as a defender.
As a player, Dulca represented CFR Cluj, Gloria BistriÃÂa, Rapid BucureÃÂti, CeahlÃÂul Piatra NeamÃÂ, Gaz Metan Mediaàand Universitatea Cluj in his native Romania. He also had two spells abroad in South Korea and Hungary, with Pohang Steelers and Budapest Honvéd, respectively.
In 2003, Dulca was forced to retire from football because of a congenital heart defect.
At international level, Dulca was included by head coach Anghel IordÃÂnescu in the Romania national team squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He totalled six appearances for the country between 1997 and 1998.
Following his retirement from playing, Dulca became the head coach of Minerul Iara, the 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.
Dulca's son, Marco, is also a professional footballer and plays as a midfielder.
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