 He then joined Steaua Bucureşti in 1998, winning the championship in 2001.Litex Lovech was the third club Trică played for, after being transferred in 2003, then after two years he joined the squad of Maccabi Tel Aviv but after only few months he returned to Bulgaria, this time at PFC CSKA Sofia.Trică is one of the highest scoring foreign players in the A PFG with 39 goals to his name.