Ionel Dănciulescu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ionel Daniel Dănciulescu | ||
| Date of birth | 6 December 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Slatina, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | CS Dinamo București (head of youth development) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1991 | CSȘ Slatina | ||
| 1991–1993 | Electroputere Craiova | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1995 | Electroputere Craiova | 31 | (8) |
| 1995–1997 | Dinamo București | 64 | (22) |
| 1997 | Altay | 7 | (1) |
| 1998–2001 | Steaua București | 129 | (54) |
| 2002–2009 | Dinamo București | 198 | (103) |
| 2002 | Poiana Câmpina | 1 | (1) |
| 2005 | → Shandong Luneng (loan) | 26 | (10) |
| 2009–2010 | Hércules | 25 | (10) |
| 2010–2013 | Dinamo București | 93 | (27) |
| Total | 574 | (236) | |
| International career | |||
| 1996–1998 | Romania U21 | 5 | (1) |
| 1999–2009 | Romania | 8 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2018 | Dinamo București (sporting director) | ||
| 2014 | Dinamo București (caretaker) | ||
| 2018 | Dinamo București (president) | ||
| 2018 | Farul Constanța (sporting director) | ||
| 2018–2020 | Dinamo București (team manager) | ||
| 2020– | CS Dinamo București (head of youth development) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ionel Daniel Dănciulescu (born 6 December 1976) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a forward, currently head of youth development at Liga III club CS Dinamo București.
He holds the all-time record for the most competitive appearances in Liga I, with 515 games played over the course of twenty years. He is the second-highest goalscorer in the history of Liga I with 214 goals, only behind Dudu Georgescu with 252. He also scored 35 goals in the Cupa României and he is the player with the most appearances, 36 in the Dinamo – Steaua derby in which he scored 13 goals (8 for Steaua and 5 for Dinamo) which makes him the top-goalscorer alongside Florea Voinea.