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Romanian footballer

Ionel Dănciulescu
Danciulescu celebrating promotion to La Liga with Hércules in 2010
Personal information
Full name Ionel Daniel Dănciulescu
Date of birth (1976-12-06) 6 December 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Slatina, Romania
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1985–1991 CSȘ Slatina
1991–1993 Electroputere Craiova
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1995 Electroputere Craiova 31 (8)
1995–1997 Dinamo București 64 (22)
1997–1998 Altay 7 (1)
1998–2001 Steaua București 129 (54)
2002–2009 Dinamo București 198 (103)
2002 → Poiana Câmpina (loan) 1 (1)
2005 → Shandong Luneng (loan) 26 (10)
2009–2010 Hércules 25 (10)
2010–2013 Dinamo București 93 (27)
Total 574 (236)
International career
1996–1997 Romania U21 5 (1)
1999–2009 Romania 8 (2)
Managerial career
2014 Dinamo București
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ionel Daniel Dănciulescu (born 6 December 1976) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

He holds the all-time record for the most competitive appearances in Liga I, with 515 games played over the course of twenty years. He is the second-highest goalscorer in the history of Liga I with 214 goals, only behind Dudu Georgescu with 252. He also scored 35 goals in the Cupa României.

Club career

Early years and Electroputere Craiova

Born in Slatina, Romania, Ionel Dănciulescu started playing football in his hometown as a youngster for CSȘ Slatina, alongside Claudiu Niculescu, Ionuț Luțu and Augustin Chiriță under coach Ion Pârvulescu and was said to have great potential for striking a ball and to score goals.

In 1993, Dănciulescu joined Electroputere Craiova making his Divizia A debut on 6 October 1993 against the derby rival at that time Universitatea Craiova, which ended 2–2. Over the course of two seasons with Electroputere, he scored 8 goals in 31 league games playing alongside the likes of Ștefan Nanu, Gabriel Popescu, and two other (later teammates at Steaua), Sabin Ilie and Claudiu Răducanu. In 1995, Electroputere Craiova were relegated to the second league. Dănciulescu signed for Dinamo Bucharest and went on to become a promising striker.

Dinamo București

Having arrived in 1995, Dănciulescu only spent two seasons at Dinamo București, scoring 22 goals in 64 games.

Altay Izmir

During the first half of the 1997–98 season, Dănciulescu had a brief spell with Altay in the Turkish Super League in which he played seven games and scored one goal, being brought there by coach Marian Bondrea, alongside fellow Romanians Dănuţ Moisescu and Marius Coporan.

Steaua București

After returning from Turkey, Dănciulescu decided to join Romanian team Steaua București. He played four seasons with Steaua, scoring 54 goals in 129 league games. In the seasons 1997–98 and 2000–01 Steaua won the championship titles as well as the Romanian Cup in 1998–99 and a Romanian Supercup title in 2001.

In the second part of the season 2001–02 Dănciulescu had a conflict with both Gigi Becali, the boss of Steaua București, and Victor Pițurcă, Steaua's coach, and had to leave along with Ion Vlădoiu.

Return to Dinamo București

He signed again with Dinamo Bucharest, but at the beginning of this second spell he had probably the hardest in his career as Dinamo's fans were cussing him at games because he played for Steaua and scored against Dinamo. He even played in the second league at that time via Dinamo's satellite team Poiana Câmpina. He came back strong during the 2002–03 season, after he scored 16 goals in 26 games. The fans accepted him and he became the top-scorer of the team along with Claudiu Niculescu. The Romanian press called them the "N&D couple", a nickname inspired from the first letters of their family name and the Romanian pop band "N&D".

In 2004, he was named Romanian Footballer of the Year, after becoming the top goalscorer in the 2003–04 season of Divizia A and scoring 2 goals in 5 matches with the national team. During his second spell with Dinamo, Dănciulescu won the Romanian League in the seasons 2003–04 and 2006–07, and two more Romanian Cups in 2002–03 and 2003–04. As of August 2008 he was the fourth overall goalscorer in the history of the Romanian First Division (with 187 goals), after Dudu Georgescu, Rodion Cămătaru and Marin Radu. He was top scorer in the 2007–08 season, scoring 21 goals for Dinamo Bucharest, which he also captained several times that season.

In the 2007–08 season he became the top goalscorer of Liga I, forming a couple in Dinamo's offence with Florin Bratu. The Romanian press called them "BD in action", a nickname inspired from the first letters of their family name and the Romanian movie "BD in action".

Shandong Luneng

In 2005, he was loaned out to China side Shandong Luneng, which paid him US$350,000 for 10 months. Dănciulescu scored 10 goals in 26 league games being the top-scorer of the team and helping them to reach the Chinese FA Cup final, where they finished runners-up.

Hércules

On 1 September 2009, Dănciulescu signed for Spanish side Hércules Alicante in the Segunda División securing a two-year deal. On 19 June 2010, Dănciulescu helped Hércules to promote to La Liga, after a break of 13 years, contributing 10 goals in 25 league games. He also scored two goals in the Spanish Cup against SD Huesca and Almería and became the overall top scorer of the team.

Third spell at Dinamo București

After only one year with Hércules, his contract was terminated so Dănciulescu came back to Dinamo in July 2010. He became a regular player for Dinamo in Ioan Andone's coaching spell and remained in the first squad in 2011, with Liviu Ciobotariu as manager. On 26 September 2011, he scored his 198th goal in Liga I in a match against Petrolul Ploiești, thus joining Rodion Cămătaru as the second most prolific goalscorer. On 17 October, Ionel Dănciulescu scored his 200th goal in Liga I, during a match against Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț. On 16 March 2013 after playing in a match against Petrolul Ploiești, Dănciulescu became the first footballer that reached 500 appearances in the Romanian top-league Liga I.

International career

Dănciulescu won his first Romania cap on 3 March 1999 against Estonia, in a 2–0 victory. However, he was never in the plans of Victor Pițurcă, the man who brought him on the national team first time against Estonia, and was never called up again, due to the dispute he had with Pițurcă when he was at Steaua. Dănciulescu played seven games including three at the 2006 and 2010 World Cup qualifiers during 2004 and 2009 being called up by Anghel Iordănescu and Răzvan Lucescu.

He played only eight games for Romania, his best match was a friendly against Germany which ended with Romania's victory, 5–1 when he scored his only two goals for Romania.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Electroputere Craiova 1993–94 Divizia A 4 1 1 1 1 0 – 6 2
1994–95 27 7 1 1 – – 28 8
Total 31 8 2 2 1 0 – 34 10
Dinamo București 1995–96 Divizia A 32 14 0 0 2 0 – 34 14
1996–97 32 8 2 2 4 0 – 38 10
Total 64 22 2 2 6 0 – 72 24
Altay 1997–98 1.Lig 7 1 0 0 – – 7 1
Steaua București 1997–98 Divizia A 25 14 3 1 0 0 – 28 15
1998–99 33 15 7 6 5 2 0 0 45 23
1999–2000 30 14 2 1 7 1 1 0 40 16
2000–01 27 6 3 3 – – 30 9
2001–02 14 5 1 1 5 0 0 0 20 6
Total 129 54 16 12 17 3 1 0 163 69
Poiana Câmpina 2001–02 Divizia B 1 1 0 0 – – 1 1
Dinamo București 2001–02 Divizia A 13 3 4 1 0 0 – 17 4
2002–03 26 16 5 2 2 0 1 0 33 18
2003–04 29 21 5 6 6 5 1 0 40 32
2004–05 15 11 4 2 6 4 – 25 16
Total 83 51 18 11 14 9 2 0 117 71
Shandong Luneng 2005 Chinese Super League 26 10 7 3 6 2 4 0 43 15
Dinamo București 2005–06 Liga I 14 2 0 0 – – 14 2
2006–07 31 15 2 1 12 5 – 45 21
2007–08 32 21 2 0 4 2 1 1 39 24
2008–09 34 12 4 2 2 0 – 40 14
2009–10 4 2 0 0 2 0 – 6 2
Total 115 52 8 3 20 7 1 1 144 63
Hércules 2009–10 Segunda División 25 10 3 2 – – 28 12
Dinamo 2010–11 Liga I 29 7 5 3 – – 34 10
2011–12 32 13 4 1 4 1 – 40 15
2012–13 27 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 29 7
2013–14 5 0 1 1 – – 6 1
Total 93 27 11 5 5 1 – 109 33
Career total 574 236 67 40 69 22 8 1 718 299
  1. Appearance in the 1994 Intertoto Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Cup
  3. Appearances in the 1996 Intertoto Cup
  4. Four appearances with two goals scored in the UEFA Champions League and one appearance in the UEFA Cup
  5. ^ Appearance in the Supercupa României
  6. Three appearances in the UEFA Champions League and two appearances in the UEFA Cup
  7. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  8. Four appearances with 3 goals scored in the UEFA Champions League and two appearances with one goal scored in the UEFA Cup
  9. Appearances in the AFC Champions League
  10. Appearances in the Chinese Super League Cup
  11. Two appearances with one goal scored in the UEFA Champions League and two appearances with one goal scored in the UEFA Cup
  12. ^ Appearances in the UEFA Europa League

International

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dănciulescu goal.
List of international goals scored by Ionel Dănciulescu
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 28 April 2004 Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Bucharest, Romania  Germany 3–0 5–1 Friendly
2 4–0

Honours

Steaua București

Dinamo București

Shandong Luneng

Individual

Records

  • Most appearances in Liga I: 515
  • Second-highest goalscorer in Liga I: 214

References

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  32. "足协杯-舒畅韩鹏双双建功 鲁能客场2-1胜日之泉" [FA Cup - Shu Chang and Han Peng both contribute to Luneng's 2-1 away victory at the Spring of the Sun] (in Chinese). Sports.sina.com.cn. 18 June 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
    "足协杯-锋线杀手主场逞威 强势鲁能上演翻盘好戏" [FA Cup - Striker killers show their strength at home and Luneng staged a good comeback] (in Chinese). Sports.sina.sn.com. 26 June 2005. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
    "足协杯-国际2人染红负山东 大羽吕征助鲁能赢先机" [FA Cup - 2 International players lose to Shandong Dayu Lu Zheng to help Luneng win] (in Chinese). Sports.sina.sn.com. 10 August 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
    "足协杯-郑智吊射中横梁 鲁能总比分4-3淘汰国际" [FA Cup-Zheng Zhi lob hits the crossbar and Luneng eliminated the Inter with a total score of 4-3] (in Chinese). Sports.sina.sn.com. 7 September 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
    "足协杯-鲁能工体复仇3-1擒现代 入决赛几成定局" [FA Cup - Luneng Workers' Revenge 3-1 captures Hyundai to enter the finals is almost a foregone conclusion] (in Chinese). Sports.sina.sn.com. 2 October 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
    "足协杯-对攻战鲁能4-3再胜现代 晋级决赛对决实德" [FA Cup - Luneng defeats Hyundai 4-3 and advances to the final against Shide] (in Chinese). Sports.sina.sn.com. 5 October 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
    "足协杯-实德1-0绝杀鲁能 历史第二次成为双冠王" [FA Cup - Shide 1-0 lore Luneng becomes the double champion for the second time in history] (in Chinese). Sports.sina.sn.com. 20 November 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
    "中超杯-1分钟2球翻版冠军杯奇迹 北京2-2平山东" [Chinese Super Cup - 1 minute 2 goals replica Champions Cup miracle Beijing 2-2 draw with Shandong] (in Chinese). Sports.sina.sn.com. 5 June 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
    "中超杯-郑智帽子戏法救鲁能 山东淘汰北京进四强" [Chinese Super Cup-Zheng Zhi hat-trick to save Luneng Shandong from knocking out Beijing into the semi-finals] (in Chinese). Sports.sina.sn.com. 12 June 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
    "中超杯-郑智点球一锤定音 鲁能1-0武汉江城复仇" [Chinese Super Cup-Zheng Zhi Penalty Finalized Luneng 1-0 Wuhan Jiangcheng Revenge] (in Chinese). Sports.sina.sn.com. 8 October 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
    "中超杯-120分钟未分胜负 武汉点球大战淘汰鲁能" [Chinese Super Cup - 120 minutes without a draw, Wuhan eliminated Luneng in a penalty shootout] (in Chinese). Sports.sina.sn.com. 16 October 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
    "亚冠赛-高尧扫射得手 鲁能1-0横滨客场全取三分" [AFC Champions League - Gao Yao's sweep succeeds, Luneng 1-0 Yokohama to get all three points away] (in Chinese). Sports.sohu.com. 9 March 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
    "亚冠赛-大羽一锤定音 鲁能1-0泰国BEC获两连胜" [AFC Champions League - Dayu's final word, Luneng 1-0 Thailand BEC won two consecutive victories] (in Chinese). Sports.sohu.com. 16 March 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
    "亚冠杯-韩鹏头锤定胜局 鲁能1-0马卡萨取三连胜" [AFC Champions League - Han Peng's head hammered the victory, Luneng 1-0 Makassar for three straight victories] (in Chinese). Sports.sohu.com. 6 April 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
    "亚冠-郑智梅开二度鲁能翻盘 五连胜提前出线 评" [AFC Champions League-Zheng Zhimei scored twice and Luneng made a five-game winning streak to qualify for the line in advance] (in Chinese). Sports.sohu.com. 11 May 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
    "亚冠-鲁能大开杀戒 四球轻取BEC六连胜晋级　评" [AFC Champions League - Luneng's four-goal win over BEC 's six-game winning streak] (in Chinese). Sports.sohu.com. 25 May 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
    "亚冠-李霄鹏建功避免败局 鲁能1-1伊蒂哈德 评" [AFC Champions League - Li Xiaopeng's contribution to avoid defeat Luneng 1-1 Etihad Review] (in Chinese). Sports.sohu.com. 14 September 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

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Sporting positions
Preceded byCătălin Munteanu Steaua Top Scorer
1998–1999
1999–2000 		Succeeded byClaudiu Răducanu
Liga I top scorers
Gazeta Sporturilor Romanian Footballer of the Year
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