Stelian Badea (born 29 July 1958), widely known as Stelică Badea, is a retired Romanian football midfielder.
He was born in Bucșani and his first steps in football were under the guidance of coach Stere Popescu.
Bucharest and at twenty years he joined FC Olt Scornicești.
In 1980, he arrived in Pitești, where he soon took the left midfield position.
He played ten seasons at FC Argeș Pitești, playing 244 matches and scoring twenty goals.