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.
Badea began his professional football career with Universitatea Craiova, making his league debut in 1984.
He spent the next several seasons in Japan playing for Bellmare Hiratsuka, Kashiwa Reysol and Avispa Fukuoka in the J1 League.
[2] Badea made nine appearances for the senior Romania national football team from 1990 to 1992.