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{{short description|Romanian former striker|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Adrian Dulcea
| image = 
| height = 1.79 m
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|11|25}}
| birth_place = [[Râmnicu Vâlcea]], [[Romania]]
| currentclub = [[ACS Unirea Bascov|Unirea Bascov]] (manager)
| position = [[Striker (football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1995–1996
| years2 = 1998–1999
| years3 = 1998–1999
| years4 = 1999–2001
| years5 = 2001–2002
| years6 = 2002
| years7 = 2002–2003
| years8 = 2002–2004
| years9 = 2004–2005
| years10 = 2004–2007
| years11 = 2007–2010
| years12 = 2010–2011
| years13 = 2011–2012
| years14 = 2012–2013
| years15 = 2013–2015
| clubs1 = [[Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea|FC Râmnicu Vâlcea]]
| clubs2 = [[Gloria Bistriţa]]
| clubs3 = [[Unirea Dej]]
| clubs4 = [[Olimpia Satu Mare]]
| clubs5 = [[Győri ETO FC]]
| clubs6 = [[BFC Siófok|Siófok]] (loan)
| clubs7 = [[CFR Cluj]]
| clubs8 = [[Gaz Metan Mediaş]]
| clubs9 = [[Olimpia Satu Mare]]
| clubs10 = [[Jiul Petroşani]]
| clubs11 = [[FC Argeş Piteşti|FC Argeş]]
| clubs12 = [[CS Mioveni|Mioveni]]
| clubs13 = [[ALRO Slatina]]
| clubs14 = [[FC Argeş Piteşti|FC Argeş]]
| clubs15 = [[FC Argeș Pitești|SCM Pitești]]
| caps1 = 3
| caps2 = 6
| caps3 = 7
| caps4 = 62
| caps5 = 10
| caps6 = 10
| caps7 = 11
| caps8 = 29
| caps9 = 15
| caps10 = 57
| caps11 = 53
| caps12 = 14
| caps13 = 20
| caps14 = 29
| caps15 = 20
| totalcaps = 346
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| goals3 = 1
| goals4 = 17
| goals5 = 2
| goals6 = 7
| goals7 = 0
| goals8 = 9
| goals9 = 10
| goals10 = 8
| goals11 = 21
| goals12 = 1
| goals13 = 5
| goals14 = 12
| goals15 = 3
| totalgoals = 96
| manageryears1 = 2014–2015
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Argeș Pitești|Argeşul Piteşti]]
| manageryears2 = 2015
| managerclubs2 = [[FC Argeș Pitești|SCM Pitești]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2015–2016
| managerclubs3 = [[F.C. Argeș 1953|FC Argeş 1953]]
| manageryears4 = 2016
| managerclubs4 = [[CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea|Râmnicu Vâlcea]]
| manageryears5 = 2016–2017
| managerclubs5 = [[CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea|Râmnicu Vâlcea]] (assistant)
| manageryears6 = 2017
| managerclubs6 = [[CS Atletic Bradu|Atletic Bradu]]
| manageryears7 = 2017–2020
| managerclubs7 = [[ACS Unirea Bascov|Unirea Bascov]]
| manageryears8 = 2020
| managerclubs8 = [[FC Argeș]]
| manageryears9 = 2020–2023
| managerclubs9 = [[ACS Unirea Bascov|Unirea Bascov]]
| manageryears10 = 2022–2023
| managerclubs10 = [[Romania national under-20 football team|Romania U-20]] (assistant)
| manageryears11 = 2023–
| managerclubs11 = [[Romania national under-19 football team|Romania U-19]]
| pcupdate = 16 August 2017
}}

'''Pavel Adrian Dulcea''' (born 25 November 1978) is a former [[Football in Romania|Romanian]] [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]] and business manager.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pavel Adrian Dulcea :: Coach Profile :: soccerzz.com |url=https://www.soccerzz.com/coach/pavel-adrian-dulcea/72339?idpais=55%7C1 |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=www.soccerzz.com |language=en-us}}</ref>

== Club career ==
Dulcea started his career in his hometown in the 1995/96 season, at [[FC Râmnicu Vâlcea]] in the [[Romanian Second League]]. He was offered a contract by [[U.S. Salernitana 1919|Salernitana]] after an international tournament played in Naples by his team but his family declined the offer.

After leaving Râmnicu Vâlcea in 1998 followed a period of almost ten years spent only with teams from Ardeal, with one exception, the 2001/02 season, where he spent time with the Hungarian teams [[Győri ETO FC|Györi]] and [[BFC Siófok|Siófok]]. This being his only experiences outside of Romanian football. During this entire period of 10 years, he played for teams such as [[ACF Gloria Bistrița|Gloria Bistrița]], [[FC Unirea Dej|Unirea Dej]], [[FC Olimpia Satu Mare|Olimpia Satu Mare]], [[CFR Cluj]], [[CS Gaz Metan Mediaș|Gaz Metan Mediaș]] and [[Jiul Petroșani]].

His debut in the [[Romanian First League]] was in the 1998/99 season, when he played for Gloria Bistrița. He only played 6 games that season, failing to score a goal. Also in Bistrița, but in his second period at Gloria, he made his debut in the Europe. In the 2000/01 season he played in the [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]] against [[FC Jazz|FC Jazz Pori]] from Finland.

He came to [[FC Argeș Pitești|FC Argeș]] in the 2007. Argeș had been relegated to [[Liga II]] and were aiming for promotion. He had a good season, managing to score 14 goals in 22 matches. Thanks to his goals, he was nicknamed "Dulcea Boom Boom" by Arges fans. He played with FC Argeș in Liga I in the following season. He scored 7 times in 31 games, 2 of the goals being scored in the last leg, in Argeș's 5-2 victory over [[CS Dinamo București|Dinamo]]. He stayed with the team even in difficult moments. At the end of the 2008/09 season, Argeș was relegated due to the corruption scandal. [[Cornel Penescu]], the owner of the club at that time, had been involved. Adrian remained with the team in the next season, in Liga II, where he played 23 matches and scored 7 goals.

After that, in 2010 he moved to [[CS Mioveni]], where he played for one season. Then he moved to [[ALRO Slatina]] for a season and returned to FC Argeș where he stayed until the club was disaffiliated and went extinct.

Dulcea remained in Pitesti, choosing to be involved in the revival of FC Argeș. He signed with [[SCM Pitesti]] and played there two seasons, in [[Liga III]]. In 2015 he ended his career as a footballer.

== Personal life ==
Dulcea has a son, Patrick, who is also a footballer.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

== External links ==
*http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/d/dulcea_adrian.shtml
*http://www.nela.hu//nch_pid.php?id=2067
*https://arges-sport.ro/adrian-dulcea-a-fost-numit-antrenor-secund-al-nationalei-u20-a-romaniei/
*https://fcolimpia.ro/interviu-adrian-dulcea/
*https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/adrian-dulcea-interviu-dupa-ce-a-preluat-o-pe-fc-arges-trebuie-sa-tinem-cu-dintii-de-liga-1-617351.html

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{FC Argeș Pitești managers}}

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