Marco Dulca

Defensive Midfielder - Petrolul Ploiești
16 Nov 2026
Monday
Process

Marked for Marco Dulca

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The Petrolul Ploiești Chronicle

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Petrolul Ploiești come up short in Europe

0‑1 away to the standard of Lausanne-Sport. Nobody will pretend this was a scandal; the gap is real, it is measurable, and closing it is a project rather than a team talk.

The dugout

Stefan Krell says Petrolul Ploiești went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

A falling-out at Petrolul Ploiești

Nana Boateng and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match

Petrolul Ploiești see off Botosani

Three points for Petrolul Ploiești, 2‑0 the final word against Botosani in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings

Marco Dulca in the eights

A performance of 8.31 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

A row about effort at Petrolul Ploiești

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Andres Dumitrescu was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

Tommi Jyry signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Tommi Jyry and Petrolul Ploiești agree another 3 years.

Player ratings

Konstantinos Doumtsios was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.07. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Mamoudou Karamoko

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

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The Petrolul Ploiești Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings

Bogdan Marian, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.85

A mark of 7.85 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Transfer targets

Petrolul Ploiești bid $1.3M for Mamoudou Karamoko

The offer went to Dinamo Bucharest this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Transfer targets

Petrolul Ploiești make their move for Adrian Mazilu

$1.3M on the table at Dinamo Bucharest. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad

Nana Boateng signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nana Boateng commits to Petrolul Ploiești for another 2 years.

Squad

A row about effort at Petrolul Ploiești

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nana Boateng was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Danel Dongmo

Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The terraces

Petrolul Ploiești supporters have found a favourite in Bogdan Marian

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Bogdan Marian has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match

Petrolul Ploiești find a way past Rapid Bucharest

Rapid Bucharest made Petrolul Ploiești work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Market

Chindia Târgoviște join the queue for Denis Radu

Add another name to the list: Chindia Târgoviște have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Denis Radu. The answer from Petrolul Ploiești has not changed — yet.

In brief