Cristian Pulhac

Corneliu Cristian Pulhac (born 17 August 1984) is a Romanian actor and former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

Club career Pulhac was born on 17 August 1984 in Iași, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1991 at local club Politehnica. In 1999 he moved to Sporting Pitești. That would remain his only appearance in that season as they won the title. In the following season, Pulhac played in Divizia C for Poiana Câmpina, then a satellite team of Dinamo, helping them gain promotion to the second league. In the 2003–04 Divizia B season, he played in the first half for Poiana and in the second half for Sportul Studențesc, earning promotion to the first league with the latter. Pulhac helped The Red Dogs win the Supercupa României for the first time, as Andone used him the full 90 minutes in the 3–2 victory against rivals Steaua București. He also played eight games in the 2005–06 UEFA Cup campaign when the team eliminated Everton with a historical 5–2 on aggregate, reaching the group stage. In the 2006–07 season he played 32 games under coach Mircea Rednic, helping Dinamo win the title. In the following season Dinamo had the objective of reaching the Champions League group stage, Pulhac providing the assist for Ionel Dănciulescu's header that opened the score in the 1–1 draw in the first leg of the third qualifying round against Lazio Roma. However, they did not qualify, losing with 3–1 the second leg.

In August 2010, Spanish side Hércules signed Pulhac on a season-long loan with an option to buy him permanently. He made Primera División debut on 21 November under coach Esteban Vigo in a 3–0 away loss to Espanyol Barcelona. Pulhac played only nine matches in the competition, having to compete for a place in the team with Royston Drenthe. At the end of the season, the Spanish club didn't trigger the buy-option. Subsequently, Bonetti used him the entire match in the penalty shoot-out victory against CFR Cluj in the 2012 Supercupa României.

In January 2013 Pulhac terminated his contract with Dinamo after receiving an offer from Azerbaijan Premier League side Gabala, for whom he went on to sign a two-year contract. Shortly after the appointment of Yuri Semin as manager, Pulhac was deemed surplus to requirements and told he could leave the club on 8 July 2013. In January 2014, Pulhac was still with Gabala and training with the youth team as he refused to leave the club. His contract with Gabala was finally terminated in August 2014. In December 2014, he signed a contract for 18 months with the Ekstraklasa side Zawisza Bydgoszcz. He returned to Romania in 2015, to play one season for Petrolul Ploiești in the Romanian first league, totaling 173 matches with two goals in the competition.

International career Pulhac won six caps for Romania's under-21 team, scoring one goal. In 2007, he played in a 2–0 victory against Moldova. Pulhac made his last appearance for the national team on 20 August 2008 in a 1–0 win over Latvia.

Acting career After ending his football career, Pulhac transitioned to acting, appearing in TV shows like Exatlon and Stand-Up Revolution, and movies such as The Action Pack and Teambuilding.

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Honours Sportul Studențesc Divizia B: 2003–04 Television 2019 — Exatlon Cup — Self (Romania). 2022 — Stand-Up Revolution — Self / competitor (2 episodes).