 At the end of the 2011–12 season, Viitorul earned promotion to the Liga I, in part due to Dică's performances, who scored six goals in the second half of the season.On 11 October 2003, Dică made his debut for the Romania national team in a friendly game against Japan.He scored his first goal in August 2006, in a friendly game against Cyprus and amassed a total of 32 appearances for Romania.