Dorel Stoica

Dorel Stoica

Personal information
Date of birth	(1978-12-15) 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 Cetate (player-manager)
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 București	5	(1)
2010–2011	Universitatea Craiova	28	(4)
2011–2012	Dinamo București	10	(1)
2013	CS Turnu Severin	12	(1)
2013	Universitatea Craiova	15	(0)
2015–2020	Tractorul Cetate	92	(25)
Total		477	(53)
International career‡
2007–2009	Romania	4	(1)
Managerial career
2015–	Tractorul Cetate
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 February 2014

Dorel Stoica (born 15 December 1978, in Drobeta-Turnu Severin) is a Romanian professional footballer. He manages and plays for Tractorul Cetate.

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 joined the national team. On 5 January 2010, his move to Saudi Arabian side Al-Ettifaq was made official. He signed a 6-month 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 București 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 a free agent and joined Dinamo București, on a two-year contract, 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. He played for giants 10 caps and score 1 goal, in a match against FC Vaslui. The team won the Romanian Cup in May 2012.

CS Turnu Severin

In February 2013 he moved to CS Turnu Severin. He was released in summer 2013.

Back to Universitatea Craiova

In 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
1.	28 March 2009	Stadionul Farul, Constanța, Romania	Serbia	2–3	2–3	FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualifying

Honours

Dinamo București

• Romanian Cup: 2011–12

External links

• Dorel Stoica at National-Football-Teams.com
• Dorel Stoica at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)