Pavel Badea

Pavel Badea

Personal information
Date of birth	(1967-06-10) 10 June 1967
Place of birth	Craiova, Romania
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position	Midfielder
Youth career
1974–1984	Universitatea Craiova
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1992	Universitatea Craiova	202	(43)
1992–1995	Lausanne-Sport	100	(12)
1995–1996	Universitatea Craiova	19	(4)
1996–1998	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	80	(11)
1998–1999	Bellmare Hiratsuka	23	(5)
1999	Kashiwa Reysol	19	(0)
2000–2001	Avispa Fukuoka	58	(8)
2001–2002	Extensiv Craiova	13	(6)
2002–2004	Universitatea Craiova	37	(5)
Total		551	(94)
International career
1990–1992	Romania	9	(2)
Managerial career
2003	Universitatea Craiova (player coach)
2004–2005	Universitatea Craiova
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pavel Badea (born 10 June 1967) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He professionally in Romania, Switzerland, South Korea and Japan.

Playing career

Badea began his professional football career with Universitatea Craiova, making his league debut in 1984. He left Romania to play for Lausanne-Sport of Switzerland in the summer of 1992, later moving to South Korea to play for Suwon Samsung Bluewings from 1996 to 1998. He spent the next several seasons in Japan playing for Bellmare Hiratsuka, Kashiwa Reysol and Avispa Fukuoka in the J1 League. He returned to Romania in December 2001, where he finished his career with FC Extensiv Craiova and Universitatea Craiova.

Badea made nine appearances for the senior Romania national team from 1990 to 1992.

Coaching career

Badea managed Universitatea Craiova for seven league matches during 2003. He returned for a second spell at the club in the 2004–05 season.

Playing statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Universitatea Craiova	1983–84	Divizia A	1	0					1	0
	1984–85		0	0					0	0
	1985–86		24	1					24	1
	1986–87		23	4					23	4
	1987–88		34	9					34	9
	1988–89		29	4					29	4
	1989–90		31	8					31	8
	1990–91		31	10					31	10
	1991–92		29	7					29	7
	Total		202	43					202	43
Lausanne-Sport	1992–93	Nationalliga A	35	4					35	4
	1993–94		30	1					30	1
	1994–95		35	7					35	7
	Total		100	12					100	12
Universitatea Craiova	1995–96	Divizia A	19	4					19	4
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1996	K-League	32	4					32	4
	1997		33	3					33	3
	1998		15	4					15	4
	Total		80	11					80	11
Bellmare Hiratsuka	1998	J1 League	9	1	1	1	0	0	10	2
	1999		14	4	0	0	2	0	16	4
	Total		23	5	1	1	2	0	26	6
Kashiwa Reysol	1999	J1 League	19	0	4	0	5	0	28	0
Avispa Fukuoka	2000	J1 League	28	4	2	0	2	2	32	6
	2001		30	4	1	1	2	0	33	5
	Total		58	8	3	1	4	2	65	11
Extensiv Craiova	2001–02	Divizia B	13	6					13	6
Universitatea Craiova	2002–03	Divizia A	26	4					26	4
	2003–04		11	1					11	1
	Total		37	5					37	5
Career total			551	94	8	2	51	8	570	98

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Romania	1990	3	1
	1991	4	0
	1992	2	1
Total		9	2

Honours

Universitatea Craiova

• Romanian League: 1990–91
• Romanian Cup: 1990–91

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

• K League 1: 1998; runner-up 1996
• Korean FA Cup runner-up: 1996
• Asian Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1997–98

Kashiwa Reysol

• J.League Cup: 1999

Individual

• K League Best XI: 1996

Bibliography

• Dobre, Ilie (2003). Pavel Badea - "Samuraiul" de pe Jii. Editura Paralela 45. ISBN 973-593-751-4.

External links

• Pavel Badea at National-Football-Teams.com
• Pavel Badea at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• Pavel Badea – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean and English)