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Nicolae "Nicky" Petrescu (1 April 1913 - 1 January 1991) was a Romanian professional footballer and football manager.

Nicolae Petrescu

Personal information
Full name	Nicolae Petrescu
Date of birth	(1913-04-02)2 April 1913
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Date of death	1 January 1991(1991-01-01) (aged 77)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1928-1947	Juventus Bucharest	100	(0)
Teams managed
1948-1952	Câmpina
1952	Vulcan București
1953-1957	Romania youth
1957-1958	CCA
1958-1960	Dinamo Obor
1971	Turkey
1972-1973	Altay
1977-1978	Samsunspor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Professional career

Petrescu spent his entire playing career with Juventus Bucharest, playing 100 games with them as a midfielder, and helped them win their first trophy in the 1929–30 Divizia A.

After retiring, he began managing in his native Romania, with stints at Câmpina, Vulcan București, CCA, and Dinamo Obor. He briefly managed various Romanian youth teams. He spent the 60s as the head of various academies and youth centres. He briefly retired to work with Universities and the government in sport.

He returned to football as a coach with the Romanian Football Federation, before managing the Turkey national football team once in a 1-0 win over Poland in 1971. He then managed Altay and Samsunspor in Turkey before retiring. He wrote 2 technical-tactical books on football.[1][2]

Honours

Juventus Bucharest

• Liga I: 1929-30

References

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