Dorel Stoica is a Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

n football player, currently under contract with Dinamo Bucureşti.

Career

On 5 January 2010, his move to Al-Ettifaq was made official by both clubs. He signed a 6-months contract, with a monthly payment of €30,000.

Steaua Bucureşti

In June 2010, the former captain of Universitatea Craiova

FC Universitatea Craiova

Fotbal Club Universitatea Craiova is a Romanian professional football club from Craiova. They became the first Romanian football team to reach the semi-finals of a European tournament, during the UEFA Cup in 1982–83...

 moved back in Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 to play for Steaua Bucureşti in Liga 1, following coach Victor Piţurcă.

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

Claudiu Niculescu

Claudiu Iulian Niculescu is currently playing for Universitatea Cluj soccer team. He has previously played for Universitatea Craiova and Dinamo Bucureşti and has also played at Genoa 1893 for a season....

 opened the score in the 8th, Steaua won away with 2-1.

Universitatea Craiova

After only 2 months playing for Steaua he was sold back to Universitatea Craiova, because Victor Piţurcă

Victor Piturca

Victor Piţurcă is a Romanian football manager and former player.-Club career:Piţurcă was one of the prolific strikers of Steaua Bucureşti, being one of the team's top scorers – he scored 137 goals in 174 league games...

 coach resigned on round 3 of new season and the new coach Ilie Dumitrescu

Ilie Dumitrescu

Ilie Dumitrescu is a former Romanian football player and current coach, he last managed Steaua Bucureşti. A tricky forward, he shot to fame when his frontline partnership with Gheorghe Hagi and Florin Răducioiu led the Romania national football team to the 1994 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal,...

 no longer needed his services.

Dinamo Bucureşti

Following Universitatea Craiova's disaffiliation, Stoica became free agent

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

 and joined Dinamo Bucureşti, on a two year contract, entering the list of footballers who played for the great rivals Steaua and Dinamo.

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, Constanţa Constanta Constanța is the oldest extant city in Romania, founded around 600 BC. The city is located in the Dobruja region of Romania, on the Black Sea coast. It is the capital of Constanța County and the largest city in the region.... , Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...		2–3	2–3	FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualifying 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 7 The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 7 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised France, Romania, Serbia, Lithuania, Austria and Faroe Islands....

External links

• Dorel Stoica's profile on romaniansoccer.ro