Danciu celebrates promotion to La Liga with Hércules
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ionel Daniel Dănciulescu | ||
Date of birth | 6 December 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Slatina, Romania | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Dinamo București (executive director) | ||
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) |
2005 | → Shandong Luneng (loan) | 26 | (10) |
2009–2010 | Hércules | 25 | (10) |
2010–2013 | Dinamo București | 93 | (27) |
Total | 573 | (235) | |
National team | |||
1996–1997 | Romania U21 | 5 | (1) |
1999–2009 | Romania | 8 | (2) |
Teams managed | |||
2014 | Dinamo București | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Ionel Daniel Dănciulescu (born 6 December 1976 in Slatina, Olt County) is a Romanian former footballer and current manager. He holds the all-time record for the most competitive appearances in Liga I, with 515 games played over 20 years. He is also the second highest goalscorer in the history of Liga I, with 214 goals scored in his career (behind Dudu Georgescu with 252).
Born in Slatina, Romania, Ionel Dănciulescu started playing football in his hometown as a youngster for CSŞ Slatina, and was said to have great potential for striking a ball and to score goals. In his early career he got noticed immediately and was transferred in the capital of his region, Oltenia at Electroputere Craiova.
In 1993, Dănciulescue joined Electroputere 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 team-mates 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.
Having arrived in 1995, Dănciulescu only spent two seasons at Dinamo București, scoring 22 goals in 64 games. However, he did not win any trophies with Dinamo. He left the club for Turkey in 1997.