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

National team statistics

European Cups statistics

**14 matches - 0 goals **

International matches

**9 matches - 2 goals **

Honours

Club

Individual