Mircea Petescu

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Mircea Petescu
Petescu in 1962
Personal information
Full name Mircea Viorel Petescu
Date of birth (1942-05-15)15 May 1942
Place of birth Pecica, Arad County, Romania
Date of death 16 December 2018(2018-12-16) (aged 76)
Place of death Vosselaar, Belgium
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1960
UTA Arad
10 (1)
1960–1963 Știința Timișoara 50 (2)
1962–1963Viitorul București (loan) 14 (0)
1963–1967 Steaua București 80 (1)
1967–1973
UTA Arad
172 (20)
1973–1975 FC Dordrecht
Total 326 (24)
International career
1964–1968 Romania[a] 5 (0)
Managerial career
1973–1975 FC Dordrecht (assistant)
1975–1977
NEC
(assistant)
1977–1978 Telstar
1978–1980 Sparta
1981–1982 DS'79
1982–1984 's-Gravenzandse SV
1985–1988 Go Ahead Eagles (manager)
1988 Go Ahead Eagles (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mircea Petescu (15 May 1942 – 16 December 2018)[3] was a Romanian professional footballer and coach.[4]

Playing career

Club career

Mircea Petescu was born on 15 May 1942 in

European Cup champions Feyenoord in the 1970–71 European Cup season and playing 8 games in the 1971–72 UEFA Cup campaign when the team reached the quarter-finals where they were eliminated by Tottenham Hotspur who would eventually win the competition.[5][6][10] Petescu ended his playing career at FC Dordrecht in Netherlands, he has a total of 326 Divizia A appearances in which he scored 24 goals and 22 appearances in European competitions.[5][6][7][8]

International career

Mircea Petescu played two games for

1964 Summer Olympics, helping the team finish in the 5th place.[12]

Managerial career

After years of preparation, Petescu and his wife defected while on a state-approved vacation to the Netherlands.[13] There he started a coaching career and became known for promoting youngsters in the teams he coached. He coached Louis van Gaal at Telstar and Sparta and discovered Danny Blind amongst many other players.[4][14]

Sports agent career

After he ended his career as a football player and manager, Petescu became a

Cercle Brugge.[7][8]

Honours

Club

UTA Arad

Steaua București

International

Romania U18

  • Under-18 European Championship: 1962[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Including three appearances for Romania's Olympic team.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mircea Petescu". European Football. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Mircea Petescu at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ "Voormalig trainer Mircea Petescu overleden" (in Dutch). sparta-rotterdam.nl. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b Mircea Petescu: "Eu l-am descoperit pe Van Gaal!" Cine e Mircea Petescu? – Libertatea (in Romanian)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Mircea Petescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  6. ^ a b c d e f "A murit Mircea Petescu, impresarul care l-a dus pe Gică Hagi la Real Madrid. A fost căpitan la UTA, când arădenii au eliminat-o pe Feyenoord" [Mircea Petescu, the manager who took Gica Hagi to Real Madrid, has died. He was captain at UTA, when the Arad team eliminated Feyenoord] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i "A murit Mircea Petescu, unul dintre primii impresari ai anilor 90, omul care i-a dus pe Hagi la Real Madrid și Gică Popescu la PSV Eindhoven. Fostul căpitan de la UTA suferea de Alzheimer" [Mircea Petescu died, one of the first sports agent of the 90s, the man who took Hagi to Real Madrid and Gică Popescu to PSV Eindhoven. The former UTA captain was suffering from Alzheimer's disease] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h "Mircea Petescu, cel care l-a dus pe Hagi la Real Madrid, a murit. Drama prin care a trecut în ultimii ani" [Mircea Petescu, who took Hagi to Real Madrid, has died. The drama he's been through for the last few years] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Fotbalul de altă dată: UTA Arad – Tottenham Hotspur, Cupa UEFA, 1972" [Football of another time: UTA Arad - Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA Cup, 1972] (in Romanian). Tackle.ro. 10 February 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Portugal 3-0 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Mircea Petescu profile". 11v11. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  13. ^ Poul Annema, Petescu, van vedette tot anonyme, Nieuwe Leidsche Courant, 8 September 1973. (in Dutch)
  14. ^ Roemeense krant betitelt Van Gaal als 'Van Hitler' – AD (in Dutch)

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