Pavel Badea

Pavel Badea (born 10 June 1967) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. He played 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 FC Lausanne-Sport of Switzerland in the summer of 1992, later moving to Korea Republic 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 football team from 1990 to 1992.

Coaching career

Badea managed Universitatea Craiova for 7 league matches during 2003. He returned for a second spell at the club in the 2004–05 season.

Club statistics

Club performance	League	Cup	League Cup	Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Romania	League	Cupa României	Cupa Ligii	Total
1983/84	Universitatea Craiova	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
Switzerland	League	Schweizer Cup	League Cup	Total
1992/93	Lausanne-Sport	Nationalliga A	35	4					35	4
1993/94	30	1					30	1
1994/95	35	7					35	7
Romania	League	Cupa României	Cupa Ligii	Total
1995/96	Universitatea Craiova	Divizia A	19	4					19	4
Korea Republic	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1996	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	K-League	32	4					32	4
1997	33	3					33	3
1998	15	4					15	4
Japan	League	Emperor's Cup	J.League Cup	Total
1998	Bellmare Hiratsuka	J1 League	9	1	1	1	0	0	10	2
1999	14	4	0	0	2	0	16	4
1999	Kashiwa Reysol	19	0	4	0	5	0	28	0
2000	Avispa Fukuoka	28	4	2	0	2	2	32	6
2001	30	4	1	1	2	0	33	5
Romania	League	Cupa României	Cupa Ligii	Total
2001/02	Extensiv Craiova	Divizia B	13	6					13	6
2002/03	Universitatea Craiova	Divizia A	26	4					26	4
2003/04	11	1					11	1
Country	Romania	271	58					271	58
Switzerland	100	12					100	12
Korea Republic	80	11					80	11
Japan	100	13	8	2	11	2	119	17
Total	551	94	8	2	51	8	570	98

National team statistics

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

European Cups statistics

14 matches - 0 goals

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1985–86 : 4 matches 0 goals
UEFA Cup 1987–88 : 2 matches 0 goals
UEFA Cup 1990–91 : 4 matches 0 goals
European Cup 1991–92 : 2 matches 0 goals
UEFA Cup 1995–96 : 2 matches 0 goals

International matches

9 matches - 2 goals

Date	Venue	Result	Competition	Goal
29/08/1990	Moscow	Soviet Union	1 – 2	Romania	Friendly match
26/09/1990	Bucharest	Romania	2 – 1	Poland	Friendly match
05/12/1990	Bucharest	Romania	6 – 0	San Marino	UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying	1
27/03/1991	Serravalle	San Marino	1 – 3	Romania	UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
17/04/1991	Cáceres	Spain	0 – 2	Romania	Friendly match
23/05/1991	Oslo	Norway	1 – 0	Romania	Friendly match
28/08/1991	Braşov	Romania	0 – 2	United States	Friendly match
08/04/1992	Bucharest	Romania	2 – 0	Latvia	Friendly match	1
14/10/1992	Brussels	Belgium	1 – 0	Romania	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Universitatea Craiova

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

K League 1: 1998
K League 1 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

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