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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 club | Dinamo Bucureşti | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1993–1995 | Electroputere Craiova | 31 | (8) |
| 1995–1997 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 64 | (22) |
| 1997–1998 | Altay | 7 | (1) |
| 1998–2001 | Steaua Bucureşti | 129 | (54) |
| 2002–2009 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 198 | (103) |
| 2002 | → FCM Câmpina (loan) | 1 | (1) |
| 2005 | → Shandong Luneng (loan) | 26 | (10) |
| 2009–2010 | Hércules | 25 | (10) |
| 2010– | Dinamo Bucureşti | 47 | (15) |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2009 | Romania | 8 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 December 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ionel Daniel Dănciulescu (born 6 December 1976 in Slatina, Olt County) is a Romanian football player. He is currently playing as a striker for Dinamo Bucureşti. He is the second goalscorer in the history of Liga I, with 202 goals scored in his career (behind Dudu Georgescu with 252).
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Born in Slatina, Romania, Ionel Dănciulescu started playing football in his hometown as a youngster for CSŞ Slatin, 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, he joined Electroputere and made there his Divizia A debut on 6 October 1993 against the derby rival at that time Universitatea Craiova, which ended 2-2. He played there for two seasons a total of 31 league games and scored 8 goals. He played there alongside Ştefan Nanu, Gabriel Popescu, and two other (later team-mates at Steaua), Sabin Ilie and Claudiu Răducanu. In 1995 Electroputere Craiova went in the second league and Dănciulescu signed for Dinamo Bucharest and went to become a promising striker.
In 1995, he arrives at Dinamo Bucureşti, he spent there only two seasons, scoring 22 goals in 64 games. However he did not win any trophies with Dinamo. He left them in 1997 and went to Turkey.
During the half season of 1997-98, Dănciulescu had a brief spell with Altay in the Turkish Super League. He played there 7 games and scoring a goal.
After returning from Turkey, he decided to join up with Romanian giants Steaua Bucureşti. Dănciulescu played five seasons with Steaua, scoring 54 goals in 129 league games. In the seasons 1997-98 and 2000-01 they won the championship titles, also winning 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 Gigi Becali, the boss from Steaua Bucureşti, and with Victor Piţurcă Steaua's coach, and had to leave along with Ion Vlădoiu.
He signed again with Dinamo Bucharest, but his second spell period was probably the hardest in his career. 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". 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 at 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 Cup's in 2002–03, and 2003–04. As of August 2008 he is the 4th overall goalscorer in the history of the Romanian First Division (with 187 goals), after Dudu Georgescu, Rodion Camataru 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.[1]
In 2005, he was loaned out to China side Shandong Luneng, which paid him 350.000 USD for 10 months. Dănciulescu scored 10 goals in 25 league games being the top-scorer of the team, helping them to reach the Chinese FA Cup final, where they finished as runner-up.
On 1 September 2009, Dănciulescu signed for Spanish side Hércules Alicante in the Segunda División, to secure him for a two-year deal. On 19 June 2010, Dănciulescu helped Hércules to promote in La Liga, after a break of 13 years, contributing with 10 goals in 25 league games, also scoring two goals in the Spanish Cup against SD Huesca and Almería, and becoming overall the top scorer of the team.
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 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 Ploieşti, thus joining Rodion Cămătaru as the second most prolific goalscorer.[2] On 17th of October, Ionel Dănciulescu scored his 200th[3] goal in Liga I, during a match against Ceahlaul Piatra-Neamt.
As of 17 December 2011[update]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Electroputere Craiova | 1993–94 | 4 | 1 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 1994–95 | 27 | 7 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 | |
| Total | 31 | 8 | ? | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 10 | |
| Dinamo | 1995–96 | 32 | 14 | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 14 |
| 1996–97 | 32 | 8 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 8 | |
| Total | 64 | 22 | ? | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 24 | |
| Altay | |||||||||||
| 1997-98 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| Total | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| Steaua | 1997–98 | 25 | 14 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 14 |
| 1998–99 | 33 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 17 | |
| 1999–00 | 30 | 14 | ? | ? | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 15 | |
| 2000–01 | 27 | 6 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | |
| 2001–02 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | |
| Total | 129 | 54 | ? | 12 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 69 | |
| Dinamo | 2001–02 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| 2002–03 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 18 | |
| 2003–04 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 33 | |
| 2004–05 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 16 | |
| Total | 83 | 51 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 71 | |
| Shandong Luneng | |||||||||||
| 2005 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 10 | |
| Total | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 10 | |
| Dinamo | 2005–06 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 2006–07 | 31 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 21 | |
| 2007–08 | 32 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 24 | |
| 2008–09 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 14 | |
| 2009–10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| Total | 115 | 52 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 143 | 62 | |
| Hércules | |||||||||||
| 2009–10 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 12 | |
| Total | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 12 | |
| Dinamo | |||||||||||
| 2010–11 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 10 | |
| 2011–12 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 10 | |
| Total | 47 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 20 | |
| In Romania | 469 | 202 | ? | 34 | 55 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 526 | 257 | |
| Career total | 527 | 223 | ? | 36 | 55 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 584 | 280 | |
Ionel 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 Piţurcă, the man who brought him on the national team first time against Estonia, and was never called up again, due his conflict he had with Piţurcă when he was at Steaua. Dănciulescu was once called up during 2004 and 2009 by Anghel Iordănescu and Răzvan Lucescu.
He played only 8 games for Romania, his best match was a friendly one against Germany ended with Romania's victory, 5-1 when he scored his only 2 goals for Romania.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 April 2004 | Stadionul Giuleşti Bucharest, Romania | Germany | 3–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
| 2 | 28 April 2004 | Stadionul Giuleşti Bucharest, Romania | Germany | 4–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Cătălin Munteanu |
Steaua Top Scorer 1998–1999 1999–2000 |
Succeeded by Claudiu Răducanu |
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