Mircea Petescu
 Petescu in 1962 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mircea Viorel Petescu | ||
| Date of birth | 15 October 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Pecica, Arad County, Romania | ||
| Date of death | 16 December 2018 (aged 75) | ||
| 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 | Ştiinţa Timişoara | 50 | (2) |
| 1962–1963 | → Viitorul București (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 1963–1967 | Steaua Bucureşti | 80 | (1) |
| 1967–1973 | UTA Arad | 143 | (20) |
| Total | 283 | (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 October 1943 – 16 December 2018)[3] was a Romanian professional footballer and coach.[4]
Playing career
Club
Under his leadership, UTA Arad eliminated the defending European Cup champions Feyenoord in the 1970–71 season.
Managerial career
After years of preparation, Petescu and his wife defected while on a state-approved vacation to the Netherlands.[5] 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[6] and discovered Danny Blind amongst many other players.
Honours
Club
- UTA Arad
- Steaua Bucharest
- Romanian Cup: 2
- 1966, 1967
- Romania
- 1962
Notes
References
- ^ "Mircea Petescu". European Football. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ Mircea Petescu at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Voormalig trainer Mircea Petescu overleden" (in Dutch). sparta-rotterdam.nl. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ Mircea Petescu: ”Eu l-am descoperit pe Van Gaal!” Cine e Mircea Petescu? - Libertatea (in Romanian)
- ^ Poul Annema, Petescu, van vedette tot anonyme, Nieuwe Leidsche Courant, 8 September 1973. (in Dutch)
- ^ Roemeense krant betitelt Van Gaal als 'Van Hitler' - AD (in Dutch)
External links
- Mircea Petescu at olympic.org
- Mircea Petescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (archived) (in Romanian)
|  | |
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from September 2011
- 1943 births
- 2018 deaths
- People from Pecica
- Romanian defectors
- Romanian emigrants to the Netherlands
- Association football defenders
- Romanian footballers
- Romania international footballers
- Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Romania
- FC UTA Arad players
- FC Politehnica Timișoara players
- FC Steaua București players
- Liga I players
- Romanian football managers
- SC Telstar managers
- Sparta Rotterdam managers
- FC Dordrecht managers
- Go Ahead Eagles managers
- Eredivisie managers
- Romanian expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands