Dorel Stoica (born 15 December 1978 in Drobeta-Turnu Severin) is a Romanian footballer who currently plays for Universitatea Craiova.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dorel Stoica | ||
Date of birth | 15 December 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Defensive midfielder Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tractorul Cetatea | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Youth career | |||
1982-1995 | CŞS Severin | ||
1995-1996 | Drobeta-Turnu Severin | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–2001 | Drobeta-Turnu Severin | 115 | (10) |
2001–2003 | Dierna Orşova | 15 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Extensiv Craiova | 15 | (0) |
2004–2005 | FC Caracal | 29 | (1) |
2005–2010 | Universitatea Craiova | 134 | (10) |
2010 | Al-Ettifaq | 7 | (0) |
2010 | Steaua Bucureşti | 5 | (1) |
2010–2011 | Universitatea Craiova | 28 | (4) |
2011–2012 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 10 | (1) |
2013 | CS Turnu Severin | 12 | (1) |
2013 | Universitatea Craiova | 15 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2007–2009 | Romania | 4 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 May 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 February 2014 |
Club career
He started his career with Extensiv Craiova in 2003. A year later, he moved to FC Caracal. In 2005, Stoica was transferred to Universitatea Craiova where he made his breakthrough in Romanian football. Later, he became captain of Universitatea and was called to the national team. On 5 January 2010, his move to Saudi Arabian side Al-Ettifaq was made official by both clubs. He signed a 6-months contract, with a monthly payment of €30,000.
Steaua București
In June 2010, the former captain of Universitatea Craiova moved back in Romania to play for Steaua Bucureşti in Liga 1, following coach Victor Pițurcă.
In his first match for Steaua, Dorel scored a goal at the Stadionul Cetate, he equalled the score in the 45th minute after Claudiu Niculescu opened the score in the 8th, Steaua won away with 2–1.
Universitatea Craiova
After only two months playing for Steaua he was sold back to Universitatea Craiova, because coach Victor Piţurcă resigned before round three of the new season and the new coach Ilie Dumitrescu no longer needed his services.
Dinamo București
Following Universitatea Craiova's disaffiliation, Stoica became free agent and joined Dinamo Bucureşti, on a two-year contract,[1] entering the list of footballers who played for the great rivals Steaua and Dinamo. In the summer of 2012, he was released from Dinamo by mutual agreement.[2] He played for giants 10 caps and score 1 goal,in a match against FC Vaslui. He won with the team the Romanian Cup in May 2012.
CS Turnu Severin
On February 2013 he was transferred to CS Turnu Severin. He was released in summer of 2013.
Back to Universitatea Craiova
On July 2013, the 34-year-old Stoica returned to Universitatea Craiova, the club where he spent the majority of his career.
International goals
- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 28 March 2009 | Stadionul Farul, Constanţa, Romania | Serbia | 2–3 | 2–3 | FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualifying |
Honours
Club
- Dinamo Bucuresti
- Romanian Cup (1): 2011-12
References
- ^ "TRANSFER. Dorel Stoica la Dinamo". fcdinamo.ro. 1 August 2011.
- ^ "Multumim, Adrian Scarlatache, Iulian Tames si Dorel Stoica!". fcdinamo.ro. 26 May 2012.
External links
- Dorel Stoica at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile at RomanianSoccer.ro