Mircea Petescu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mircea Viorel Petescu | ||
| Date of birth | 15 May 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Pecica, Arad County, Romania | ||
| 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 | 5 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1973–1975 | FC Dordrecht (assistant) | ||
| 1975–1977 | NEC (assistant) | ||
| 1977–1978 | Telstar | ||
| 1978–1980 | Sparta | ||
| 1981–1982 | DS'79 | ||
| 1984–1985 | 's-Gravenzandse SV | ||
| 1988 | Go Ahead Eagles | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mircea Petescu (born 15 May 1942 in Pecica[1]) is a Romanian former footballer and coach.
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.[2] There he started a coaching career and became known for promoting youngsters in the teams he coached. He was coach of Louis van Gaal at Telstar and Sparta[3] and discovered Danny Blind amongst many other players.
Honours
Club
- UTA Arad
- Steaua Bucharest
- Romanian Cup: 2
- 1966, 1967
- Romania
- 1962
References
- ^ Mircea Petescu: ”Eu l-am descoperit pe Van Gaal!” Cine e Mircea Petescu? - Libertatea Template:Ro
- ^ Poul Annema, Petescu, van vedette tot anonyme, Nieuwe Leidsche Courant, 8 September 1973. Template:Nl
- ^ Roemeense krant betitelt Van Gaal als 'Van Hitler' - AD Template:Nl
External links
- Mircea Petescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (archived) (in Romanian)
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Categories:
- Use dmy dates from September 2011
- 1942 births
- Living people
- People from Pecica
- 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