# 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 | Club performance | Club performance | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Romania | Romania | Romania | League | League | Cupa României | Cupa României | Cupa Ligii | Cupa Ligii | Total | Total |
| 1983/84 | Universitatea Craiova | Divizia A | 1 | 0 | | | | | 1 | 0 |
| 1984/85 | Universitatea Craiova | Divizia A | 0 | 0 | | | | | 0 | 0 |
| 1985/86 | Universitatea Craiova | Divizia A | 24 | 1 | | | | | 24 | 1 |
| 1986/87 | Universitatea Craiova | Divizia A | 23 | 4 | | | | | 23 | 4 |
| 1987/88 | Universitatea Craiova | Divizia A | 34 | 9 | | | | | 34 | 9 |
| 1988/89 | Universitatea Craiova | Divizia A | 29 | 4 | | | | | 29 | 4 |
| 1989/90 | Universitatea Craiova | Divizia A | 31 | 8 | | | | | 31 | 8 |
| 1990/91 | Universitatea Craiova | Divizia A | 31 | 10 | | | | | 31 | 10 |
| 1991/92 | Universitatea Craiova | Divizia A | 29 | 7 | | | | | 29 | 7 |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | Switzerland | League | League | Schweizer Cup | Schweizer Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 1992/93 | Lausanne-Sport | Nationalliga A | 35 | 4 | | | | | 35 | 4 |
| 1993/94 | Lausanne-Sport | Nationalliga A | 30 | 1 | | | | | 30 | 1 |
| 1994/95 | Lausanne-Sport | Nationalliga A | 35 | 7 | | | | | 35 | 7 |
| Romania | Romania | Romania | League | League | Cupa României | Cupa României | Cupa Ligii | Cupa Ligii | Total | Total |
| 1995/96 | Universitatea Craiova | Divizia A | 19 | 4 | | | | | 19 | 4 |
| Korea Republic | Korea Republic | Korea Republic | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 1996 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | K-League | 32 | 4 | | | | | 32 | 4 |
| 1997 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | K-League | 33 | 3 | | | | | 33 | 3 |
| 1998 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | K-League | 15 | 4 | | | | | 15 | 4 |
| Japan | Japan | Japan | League | League | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | J.League Cup | Total | Total |
| 1998 | Bellmare Hiratsuka | J1 League | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 1999 | Bellmare Hiratsuka | J1 League | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| 1999 | Kashiwa Reysol | J1 League | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 2000 | Avispa Fukuoka | J1 League | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 6 |
| 2001 | Avispa Fukuoka | J1 League | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 5 |
| Romania | Romania | Romania | League | League | Cupa României | Cupa României | Cupa Ligii | Cupa Ligii | Total | Total |
| 2001/02 | Extensiv Craiova | Divizia B | 13 | 6 | | | | | 13 | 6 |
| 2002/03 | Universitatea Craiova | Divizia A | 26 | 4 | | | | | 26 | 4 |
| 2003/04 | Universitatea Craiova | Divizia A | 11 | 1 | | | | | 11 | 1 |
| Country | Romania | Romania | 271 | 58 | | | | | 271 | 58 |
| Country | Switzerland | Switzerland | 100 | 12 | | | | | 100 | 12 |
| Country | Korea Republic | Korea Republic | 80 | 11 | | | | | 80 | 11 |
| Country | Japan | Japan | 100 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 119 | 17 |
| Total | Total | 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 | Result | 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

* Romanian League: 1990–91
* Romanian Cup: 1990–91

#### 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