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.

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 

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