Ovidiu Petre

Ovidiu Petre
Personal information
Date of birth	22 March 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	FCSB (video analyst)
Youth career
0000–2000	Naţional București
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2003	Naţional București
2003–2005	Galatasaray
2005–2006	Politehnica Timişoara
2006–2010	Steaua București
2010–2011	Al-Nassr
2011–2012	Modena
2013–2015	ACS Poli Timişoara
Total
International career
2001–2002	Romania U21
2002–2009	Romania
Managerial career
2018–2019	ACS Poli Timișoara (sporting director)
2019–	FCSB (video analyst)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ovidiu Petre (born 22 March 1982) is a

defensive midfielder and currently he is a video analyst at FCSB

. Considered a veritable talent in his early playing years, he had his career hindered by numerous knee injuries.

Club career

FC National (2000–03)

Petre began his professional career at FC National Bucharest during the

UEFA Cup

.

Galatasaray (2003–05)

In 2003, he was transferred to

FCU Politehnica Timişoara

.

Poli Timișoara (2005–06)

After one season spent at

Steaua București

. Petre proved he's not mature yet and he made public his intentions to cancel his contract with Poli in order to play for the new team of his favourite coach. After many negotiations Petre got his transfer to Steaua in the beginning of the 2006–07 season.

FCSB (2006–10)

In August 2006, however, he signed a 5-year

AC Torino showed interest to the defensive midfielder. Steaua owner, Gigi Becali, has lowered the possible transfer fee down to €7,8 million. On 21 October 2008, he scored his second Champions League goal against Olympique Lyonnais

.