Mircea Petescu

Mircea Petescu
Personal information
Full name	Mircea Viorel Petescu
Date of birth	15 May 1942 (1942-05-15) (age 69)
Place of birth	Pecica, Arad County, Romania,
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1959–1960	UTA Arad	10	(1)
1960–1963	Ştiinţa Timişoara	50	(2)
1963–1967	Steaua Bucureşti	80	(1)
1967–1973	UTA Arad	143	(20)
1973–1975	FC Dordrecht
Total		283	(24)
National team
1964–1968	Romania	5	(0)
Teams managed
1975–1977	NEC (assistant)
1977–1978	Telstar
1978–1980	Sparta Rotterdam
1981–1982	FC Dordrecht
1988	Go Ahead Eagles
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Mircea Petescu (born 15 May 1942 in Pecica, Arad County) is a former Romanian football player and coach.

Under his leadership, UTA Arad eliminated the defending European Cup champions Feyenoord in the 1970–71 season. Being also known for promoting youngsters in the teams he coached. He discovered Danny Blind amongst many other players.

Honours

Club

UTA Arad

Romanian League: 2

1969, 1970

Steaua Bucharest

Romanian Cup: 1

1966

Romania

Under-18 European Championship: 1

1962

External links

Mircea Petescu career statistics at RomanianSoccer.ro

Romania squad – 1964 Summer Olympics

1 Datcu 2 Greavu 3 Nunweiller 4 Hălmăgeanu 5 Jenei 6 Coe 7 Avram 8 Constantin 9 Ionescu 10 Koszka 11 Creiniceanu 12 Andrei 13 Petescu 14 Ivan 15 Petru 16 Georgescu 17 Pârcălab 18 Dumitriu 19 Pavlovici 20 Adamache Coach: Ploeșteanu

Telstar (football club) – managers

Van den Ende (1963–64)
Mansell (1964–65)
Gaspar (1965–66)
De Visser (1966–69)
Rab (1969–74)
Castemiller (1974–77)
Petescu (1977–78)
Van Vianen (1978–80)
Brand (1980–83)
André (1983–87)
Van der Hart (1987–88)
Glas (1988–90)
Overweg (1990–93)
Kistemaker (1993–95)
Pot (1995–97)
Van den Ham (1997–98)
Lee (1998–99)
Kistemaker (1999–01)
Beijer (2001–02)
Poortvliet (2002–05)
Nijholt (2005–08)
Metgod (2008–10)
Poortvliet (2010–)

Sparta Rotterdam – managers

Chadwick (1915)
Livingstone (1949–xx)
Neville (1955–63)
Coerver (1966–69)
Keßler (1970–71)
Schwartz (1971–72)
Adamson (1976)
Brom (1976–78)
Petescu (1978–80)
Brand (ai) (1980)
Hughes (1980–83)
Jacobs (1983–84)
Vonk (1984–86)
Hughes (1986–88)
Baan (1988–90)
Van Doorneveld (1990–91)
Jacobs (1991–93)
Berger (1993–95)
van Stee (a.i.) (1995)
Ten Cate (1995–97)
Brand (ai) (1997)
Van der Zee (1997–98)
Everse (1998–99)
Roks (1999–2001)
Van Hanegem (2001)
Rijkaard (2001–02)
Roks (2002–03)
Korbach (2003)
van Leeuwen (a.i.) (2003)
Dekker (2003)
Snoei (2003–05)
Van Tiggelen (ai) (2005)
Vloet (2005–07)
Aandewiel (2007)
Van Tiggelen (ai) (2007)
Booy (2007–09)
Adelaar (2009–10)
de Mos (2010)
Everse (2010–11)
van Eck (2011)
Vonk (2011–)

FC Dordrecht – managers

Weisz (1938–40)
de Smit (1954–55)
Schwartz (1955–56)
Veg (1956–58)
Rybicki (1958–60)
Humenberger (1960–XX)
Veldhuis (19XX–XX)
de Smit (19XX–62)
Bens (1962–64)
de Visser (1964–66)
de Wit (1966–XX)
van den Bosch (19XX–67)
de Wit (1967–68)
Kraay (1968–69)
de Visser (1969–71)
Veg (1971–72)
Janse (1972–XX)
Dolaard (19XX–73)
Alleman (1973–XX)
van den Bosch (19XX–77)
van Eck (1975–77)
Rab (1977–79)
van Daal (1979–81)
Petescu (1981–82)
Dorjee (1982–84)
Körver (1984–XX)
Kistemaker (19XX–85)
Versluys (1985–86)
Kistemaker (1986–89)
Drost (1989–90)
Verèl (1990–91)
Advocaat (1991)
van Velzen (1991)
Verèl (1991–92)
Berger (1992–93)
Van Zoghel (1993–94)
Versleijen (1994–95)
Schoenmaker (1995–96)
Verbeek (1996–00)
Van den Ham (2000–02)
Van Eck (2002–03)
Verbeek (2003–05)
Boogers (2005)
de Koning (2005)
Koolhof (2005–06)
Kruys (2006–10)
Lee (2010–11)
Bos (2011–)

Go Ahead Eagles – managers

Köhler (1954–56)
de Bois (1956–57)
Richmond (1957–62)
Fadrhonc (1962–70)
Hughes (1970–73)
Notermans (1973–75)
van Brussel (1975)
Beenhakker (1975–76)
van Brussel (a.i.) (1976)
Coerver (1976–77)
van Brussel (a.i.) (1978)
Brand (1978–80)
B. Maaskant (a.i.) (1980)
Kohn (1980–81)
B. Maaskant (a.i.) (1981)
B. Maaskant (1981–83)
Wullems (a.i.) (1983)
Wullems (1983–85)
van Zoghel (1985–88)
Petescu (a.i.) (1988)
Korbach (1988–90)
ten Cate (a.i.) (1990)
Versleijen (1990–93)
ten Cate (1993–95)
Fafié (1995–96)
B. Maaskant (a.i.) (1996)
van Veen (1996–97)
van Staa (a.i.) (1997)
van Staa (1997–2001)
de Jong (2001–02)
R. Maaskant (2002–03)
Libregts (2003–05)
Snoei (2005–08)
Ulderink (2008–11)
Gall (2011–)

Persondata
Name	Petescu, Mircea
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	15 May 1942
Place of birth	Pecica, Arad County, Romania
Date of death
Place of death