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

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)
National team
1964–1968 Romania[lower-alpha 1] 5 (0)
Teams managed
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

Playing career



Club career


Mircea Petescu was born on 15 May 1942 in Pecica.[5][6][7][8] He made his Divizia A debut on 6 September 1959 playing for UTA Arad in a 2–2 against Steagul Roșu Brașov.[5] After only one season spent at UTA, he went to play for rival Știința Timișoara for three seasons, a club which loaned him at Viitorul București for a half-season.[5][6][7][8] In 1963, Petescu went to play for Steaua București for four seasons, where he helped the team win two Cupa României.[2][5][6][7][8] In 1967, he returned at UTA, where he would play for six seasons, helping the team win two Divizia A titles, contributing at the first with 8 goals scored in 27 appearances and in the second with 30 games played with one goal scored, also leading the team as captain when they managed to eliminate the defending European Cup champions Feyenoord in the 1970–71 European Cup season.[5][6][7][8] 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 Romania, making on 27 October 1968 under coach Angelo Niculescu in a 3–0 loss against Portugal at the 1970 World Cup qualifiers.[1][9] His second game was a friendly which ended 0–0 against England.[1] He also played three games for Romania's Olympic team at the 1964 Summer Olympics, helping the team finish in the 5th place.[10]


Managerial career


After years of preparation, Petescu and his wife defected while on a state-approved vacation to the Netherlands.[11] 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][12]


Sports agent career


After he ended his career as a football player and manager, Petescu became a sports agent.[7][8] After the 1989 Romanian Revolution, Petescu made the first important transfer for the Romanian football, Gheorghe Hagi's move from Steaua București to Real Madrid for 4 million $.[7][8] He also worked at the transfers of Gheorghe Popescu to PSV Eindhoven, Ioan Sabău to Feyenoord and Dorinel Munteanu to Cercle Brugge.[7][8]


Honours



Club


UTA Arad

Steaua București


International


Romania U18


Notes


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

References


  1. "Mircea Petescu". European Football. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. 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. Mircea Petescu: "Eu l-am descoperit pe Van Gaal!" Cine e Mircea Petescu? – Libertatea (in Romanian)
  5. Mircea Petescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  6. "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 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. "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. "Portugal 3-0 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  10. "Mircea Petescu profile". 11v11. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. Poul Annema, Petescu, van vedette tot anonyme, Nieuwe Leidsche Courant, 8 September 1973. (in Dutch)
  12. Roemeense krant betitelt Van Gaal als 'Van Hitler' – AD (in Dutch)



На других языках


[de] Mircea Petescu

Mircea Petescu (* 15. Mai 1942 in Pecica; † 16. Dezember 2018 in Vosselaar) war ein rumänischer Fußballspieler und -trainer.[1]
- [en] Mircea Petescu

[fr] Mircea Petescu

Mircea Viorel Petescu est un footballeur puis entraîneur roumain né le 15 octobre 1943 à Pecica (Roumanie) et mort le 16 décembre 2018 à Vosselaar (Belgique)[1].

[it] Mircea Petescu

Mircea Viorel Petescu (Pecica, 15 ottobre 1943 – Vosselaar, 16 dicembre 2018) è stato un allenatore di calcio e calciatore rumeno, di ruolo difensore.



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