[3] Emilian Dolha was born on 3 November 1979 in Turda, Romania, starting to play junior level football at Gloria Bistrița where on 14 September 1997 he made his Divizia A debut in a 2–0 away loss in front of Argeș Pitești.

[1][6] In his last season spent at the club, the team managed to win another Cupa României but coach Răzvan Lucescu used Dănuț Coman in the 1–0 over Național București from the final.

[1][7] In June 2006, Dolha went to play for Polish side, Wisła Kraków where fellow Romanian, Dan Petrescu was coaching, also being teammate with two other compatriots Hristu Chiacu and Norbert Varga.

[1][17] However he stayed to play in first league football as he signed with Universitatea Cluj where in his second season coach Adrian Falub gave him the last of his total 154 appearances in the competition on 23 May 2015 in a 2–1 away loss in front of Oțelul Galați after which "U" mathematically relegated to the second division.

[1] Dolha played two friendly games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 8 December 2000 under coach László Bölöni in a 3–2 victory against Algeria.