| Marco Dulca | |
| Fullname: | Marco Alexandru Dulca |
| Birth Date: | 11 May 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Pohang, South Korea |
| Height: | 1.84 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Celje |
| Clubnumber: | 4 |
| Youthyears1: | 2004–2015 |
| Youthclubs1: | Universitatea Cluj |
| Youthyears2: | 2015–2019 |
| Youthclubs2: | Swansea City |
| Years1: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs1: | Viitorul Constanța |
| Caps1: | 14 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs2: | → Chindia Târgoviște (loan) |
| Caps2: | 31 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs3: | Chindia Târgoviște |
| Caps3: | 36 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Clubs4: | FCSB |
| Years4: | 2022–2023 |
| Caps4: | 5 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2023 |
| Clubs5: | Chindia Târgoviște |
| Caps5: | 16 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2023– |
| Clubs6: | Celje |
| Caps6: | 21 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015 |
| Nationalteam1: | Romania U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018 |
| Nationalteam2: | Romania U19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2017–2021 |
| Nationalteam3: | Romania U21 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2021 |
| Nationalteam4: | Romania Olympic |
| Nationalcaps4: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 18 May 2024 |
Marco Alexandru Dulca (born 11 May 1999) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Celje.
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]
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]
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.
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]
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.
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.[11]
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] [12]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Viitorul Constanța | 2019–20 | Liga I | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Chindia Târgoviște (loan) | 2020–21 | Liga I | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 2 | |||
| Chindia Târgoviște | 2021–22 | Liga I | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 37 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | Liga I | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 83 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 89! | 4 | ||||
| FCSB | 2022–23 | Liga I | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| Celje | 2023–24 | Slovenian PrvaLiga | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 123 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 140 | 4 | |||
Viitorul Constanța
Celje