Mircea Petescu

Mircea Petescu (15 October 1943 – 16 December 2018)[1] was a Romanian professional footballer and coach.[2]

Mircea Petescu
Petescu in 1962
Personal information
Full name Mircea Viorel Petescu
Date of birth (1943-10-15)15 October 1943
Place of birth Pecica, Arad County, Romania
Date of death 16 December 2018(2018-12-16) (aged 75)
Place of death Vosselaar, Belgium
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing 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)
National team
1964–1968 Romania 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.[3] 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[4] and discovered Danny Blind amongst many other players.

Honours

Club
UTA Arad
1969, 1970
Steaua Bucharest
  • Romanian Cup: 2
1966, 1967
Romania
  • Under-18 European Championship: 1
1962
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References
  1. "Voormalig trainer Mircea Petescu overleden" (in Dutch). sparta-rotterdam.nl. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  2. Mircea Petescu: ”Eu l-am descoperit pe Van Gaal!” Cine e Mircea Petescu? - Libertatea (in Romanian)
  3. Poul Annema, Petescu, van vedette tot anonyme, Nieuwe Leidsche Courant, 8 September 1973. (in Dutch)
  4. Roemeense krant betitelt Van Gaal als 'Van Hitler' - AD (in Dutch)

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