Pavel Badea

Pavel Badea (born 10 June 1967) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He 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 Lausanne-Sport of Switzerland in the summer of 1992, later moving to South Korea 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 team from 1990 to 1992.

Coaching career Badea managed Universitatea Craiova for seven league matches during 2003. He returned for a second spell at the club in the 2004–05 season.

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Honours Universitatea Craiova Romanian League: 1990–91 Romanian Cup: 1990–91

Suwon Samsung Bluewings K League 1: 1998; 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