Dan Petrescu

Dan Petrescu

Petrescu in 2011
Personal information
Full name Daniel Vasile Petrescu
Date of birth (1967-12-22) 22 December 1967
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Full back / Winger
Youth career
1977–1985 Steaua București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1991 Steaua București 95 (26)
1986–1987 → Olt Scornicești (loan) 24 (0)
1991–1993 Foggia 55 (7)
1993–1994 Genoa 24 (1)
1994–1995 Sheffield Wednesday 39 (3)
1995–2000 Chelsea 152 (17)
2000–2001 Bradford City 17 (1)
2001–2002 Southampton 11 (2)
2002–2003 Naţional București 20 (0)
Total 437 (57)
National team
1989–2000[1] Romania 95 (12)
Teams managed
2003–2004 Sportul Studentesc
2004 Rapid București
2004–2005 Sportul Studenţesc
2005–2006 Wisła Kraków
2006–2009 Unirea Urziceni
2009–2012 Kuban Krasnodar
2012–2014 Dynamo Moscow
2014 Al-Arabi
2015 ASA Târgu Mureș
2015–2016 Jiangsu Suning
2016 Kuban Krasnodar
2016– Al Nasr

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Daniel Vasile Petrescu (born 22 December 1967) is a Romanian football manager and former player, who played as a full-back or as a winger. He is currently the head coach of Al Nasr SC in the UAE Arabian Gulf League.[2]

He is best known for having played for Steaua Bucharest in the 1989 European Cup Final and winning the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with FA Premier League club Chelsea. Petrescu also received 95 international caps for the Romanian national side.

Playing career

After playing for Steaua Bucureşti's youth teams, Dan Petrescu was promoted into the first team in 1986 in a game played by Steaua just one month after winning the European Cup. Petrescu was loaned to FC Olt for the 1986–87 season, but asked to come back to Steaua Bucureşti in 1987.

He was part of the Steaua Bucharest squad that reached the European Cup semi-finals (1988) and the final (1989). Also in 1989 he played for the Romanian national team for the first time, but missed the World Cup of the following year due to an injury.

In 1991 he was bought by Foggia of Italy, in a period when the club saw promotion to Serie A. In 1993 he moved to Genoa.

Petrescu signed for Sheffield Wednesday in 1994 from Genoa, after a successful World Cup for Romania. After one season at Hillsborough he signed for Chelsea and featured prominently there for the next five years. During his term at Chelsea, he was a member of the teams which won the FA Cup in 1997 and the League Cup and Cup Winners' Cup (both in 1998). After falling out with Chelsea manager Gianluca Vialli after a defeat to Manchester United, Petrescu never played for the club again and was not even selected as a substitute for the 2000 FA Cup Final against Aston Villa. Turning down a move to Southampton in August 2000,[3] he instead moved to Bradford City for £1 million, scoring once against West Ham.[4]

In January 2001, Petrescu's former Chelsea manager, Glenn Hoddle eventually persuaded him to join Southampton for a "nominal" fee.[3] He initially settled in well at The Dell, scoring against Leicester[5] and Manchester City[6] in his first few matches.[7] In March, Hoddle left "the Saints" to take up the managerial reins at Tottenham Hotspur and his replacement Stuart Gray dropped Petrescu, replacing him with Hassan Kachloul for the rest of the season.[7] After making only two substitute appearances in the 2001–02 season, Petrescu was released and returned to Romania.[3]

Petrescu returned to his native Bucharest for a last season as a football player, with FC Naţional. His last match was the Romanian Cup final, on 31 May 2003. Naţional lost 1–0 to Dinamo Bucharest, during which Petrescu received a lot of abuse from some of the Dinamo fans as he left the pitch at the end of ninety minutes, even though it was the last game of one of Romania's greatest footballers. This was because he used to play for Dinamo's greatest rivals, Steaua Bucureşti.

International career

Petrescu registered 95 caps for the Romanian national football team. He made his debut for the squad in 1989, and played at four major tournaments: the 1994 World Cup, Euro 96, the 1998 World Cup, where the entire team famously dyed their hair blond after losing a bet with the team's coach Anghel Iordanescu, and Euro 2000.

He missed the 1990 World Cup due to an injury. In 1994 Petrescu played in his first World Cup in the U.S.. He scored the only goal in a win against the United States which saw Romania qualify for the second round as group winners. They were then handed a difficult game against Argentina which they managed to win, only to lose to Sweden on penalties in the quarter-finals, with Petrescu missing his spot-kick.

Euro 96 was a disappointment for Romania, as they lost all three group matches and only managed to score one goal.

At France 1998, he raced past his Chelsea teammate Graeme Le Saux and scored the winning goal against England, which effectively won them the group and ensured they would not have to face Argentina in the second round. He became the second Romanian player to score in two different World Cups after Stefan Dobay. In the end, the Romanians lost their second round game 1–0 to Croatia.

He was an important piece of the Romanian team at Euro 2000, where they survived a group with Portugal, Germany and England. A new victory over the English team was decisive to qualify for quarter-finals. Romania won all the games where Petrescu scored.

Coaching career

Rapid Bucureşti

Petrescu pursued a career as a coach. He resigned from Rapid Bucureşti in October 2004, after only six games and four months at the helm.

Wisła Kraków

On 1 January 2006 Dan Petrescu became the manager of Polish 2004–05 champions Wisła Kraków, replacing the temporary coach Tomasz Kulawik. Wisła finished second in the 2005–06 championship. He was dismissed as manager of Wisła Kraków on 18 September 2006, after unconvincing results in the 2006–07 season. Petrescu accused the players of Wisła Kraków for not wanting to train hard to improve their performances.

Unirea Urziceni

Petrescu in 2008

About a week later, he was appointed as the manager of Romanian Liga 1 newly promoted team Unirea Urziceni, with which he has had considerable success since then. Under his management, Unirea Urziceni was runner-up in the 2007–08 Romanian Cup and qualified for the 2008–09 edition of the UEFA Cup. He was considered for the vacant manager's position at his former club Steaua after Marius Lăcătuş's resignation in October 2008. Dorinel Munteanu was appointed instead, but Petrescu has not ruled out a future role at the club. In May 2009, he went on to win the Liga 1 title with outsiders Unirea Urziceni, the first title for both Petrescu and his club, and consequently achieving qualification to the UEFA Champions League 2009–10, during which he led Unirea to a shock 4–1 victory at Ibrox against Rangers and a win against Sevilla at home, 1–0.

Petrescu resigned as manager of Unirea Urziceni in December 2009.

Kuban Krasnodar

Petrescu as Dynamo Moscow manager in 2012

On 28 December 2009 the Russian First Division club Kuban Krasnodar hired the former Unirea Urziceni coach on a five-year deal.[8]

Dan Petrescu managed to gain promotion in his first season, winning the 2010 Russian First Division with a total of 80 points, 9 clear of second place. His team conceded only 20 goals in 38 matches.[9]

On 14 August 2012 it was announced that Petrescu had decided to quit as manager of Kuban Krasnodar, citing the need for a new challenge. His resignation as manager of Kuban Krasnodar shocked the players and fans. After his resignation, Petrescu was regarded as one of the best young coaches working in Russian football.[10] Kuban later participated in the Europa League for the first time.

Dynamo Moscow

Petrescu signed a three-year contract in August 2012, worth €2.5 Million a year according to the Romanian press, to take over Dynamo Moscow.[11] On 8 April 2014, though, contract was terminated by mutual agreement after heavy loss to League outsiders Anzhi Makhachkala 0–4.[12] As Dynamo Moscow director of sports Guram Adzhoyev stated, "last year Dan drew the team from the complicated situation, lifted it to the certain level, but recently we have seen no progress".[13]

Al-Arabi

In June 2014, he agreed to coach Qatari side Al-Arabi.[14] On 1 December 2014, his contract with the club was terminated after a mutual agreement.

Târgu Mureș

On 10 June 2015, Petrescu was announced as the new manager of Liga I runner-up ASA Târgu Mureș. His first, and only, game in charge was in the Romanian Super Cup against champions Steaua Bucharest ended with Târgu Mureș winning 1–0.[15] He resigned the next day, to take up a lucrative contract with Chinese side Jiangsu Suning.[16]

Jiangsu Suning

On 9 July 2015, Petrescu left Târgu Mureș, claiming his decision to be due to the club's growing financial problems, though he was instantaneously hired as manager of Chinese Super League club Jiangsu Suning on a lucrative deal.[16][17] Petrescu said in a statement, "It's very hard to leave the team in this moment. I don't how it'll be in China, I hope it will be like in Russia".[16] In his first season in charge, Petrescu guided the club to victory in the 2015 Chinese FA Cup.[18] On 3 June 2016, Suning FC announced that Petrescu will no longer be the manager of the club.[19]

Return to Kuban Krasnodar

On 14 June 2016, Petrescu signed a two-year contract with FC Kuban Krasnodar, after the club was relegated to the second-tier Russian National Football League.[20] On 4 October 2016, with Kuban winning only 3 out of first 15 games and taking 14th spot in the league instead of the expected fight for promotion, he left Kuban by mutual consent, stating he trained the club without receiving any money.[21]

Career statistics

As a player

[22] [23][24]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Romania League Cupa României Cupa Ligii Europe Other Total
1985–86Steaua BucureştiLiga I2000-00-20
1986–87Olt Scorniceşti24010-250
1987–88Steaua Bucureşti1101010-130
1988–892842081-385
1989–902393141-3011
1990–9131133232-3717
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Other Total
1991–92FoggiaSerie A25420-274
1992–93303303
1993–94Genoa241241
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Charity Shield Total
1994–95Sheffield WednesdayPremier League2932020-333
1995–96[25]80000080
1995–96[25]Chelsea2427100313
1996–97[26]3435021414
1997–98[27]31510317210438
1998–99[28]324403060-454
1999–00[29] 2943000151475
2000–01[30] Bradford City1711020-201
2000–01[30] Southampton92000092
2001–02[31] 20000020
Romania League Cupa României Cupa Ligii Europe Other Total
2002–03National BucureştiLiga I20050-60-310
Total Romania 13926153-224-17633
Italy 79820-818
England 215242311222831027930
Career total 433584041225071053671

As a manager

Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA Win %
Sportul Studentesc Romania 2003 2004 30 23 5 2 92 15 76.67
Rapid Bucuresti Romania 2004 2004 9 5 2 2 18 7 55.56
Sportul Studentesc Romania 2004 2005 30 13 9 8 40 25 43.33
Wisła Kraków Poland 2005 2006 20 13 5 2 32 12 65.00
Unirea Urziceni Romania 2006 2009 110 56 32 22 140 77 50.91
Kuban Krasnodar Russia 2009 2012 86 41 24 21 106 70 47.67
Dynamo Moscow Russia 2012 2014 55 28 14 13 83 59 50.91
Al-Arabi Qatar 2014 2014 11 3 5 3 20 17 27.27
ASA Târgu Mureș[15] Romania 2015 2015 1 1 0 0 1 0 100.000
Jiangsu Suning China 2015 2016 17 6 5 6 20 19 35.29
Al Nasr United Arab Emirates 2016 present 6 3 1 2 13 5 50.00
Total 666 372 191 103 565 307 55.86

Honours

Player

Steaua Bucharest
Chelsea
Naţional Bucharest
Individual

Manager

Wisła Kraków[39]
Unirea Urziceni[39]
Kuban Krasnodar[39]
Târgu Mureș[15]
Jiangsu Suning[39]

References

  1. ↑ "Dan Vasile Petrescu – Century of International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. ↑ "AL Nasr Club on Twitter". Twitter.
  3. 1 2 3 Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003). In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology Publishing. pp. 565–566. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X.
  4. ↑ Warshaw, Andrew (30 September 2000). "Petrescu to the rescue for Bradford". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  5. ↑ "Saints see off sorry Foxes". BBC Sport. 31 January 2001. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  6. ↑ "Saints deepen City woes". BBC Sport. 3 March 2001. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  7. 1 2 In That Number – A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. p. 268.
  8. ↑ Petrescu Wechsel aus Geldgründen
  9. ↑ 2010 Russian First Division table
  10. ↑ "Kuban stunned by Petrescu's retirement". RT (Russia Today). 14 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  11. ↑ ""Mînă de fier" " Petrescu confirmat la Dinamo Moscova: trei ani, 7,5 milioane de euro salariu" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 18 August 2012.
  12. ↑ "Match protocol" (in Russian). Russian Football Premier League. 6 April 2014.
  13. ↑ "Динамо" расторгло контракт с Даном Петреску (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 8 April 2014.
  14. ↑ "Dan Petrescu reveals he turned down offer to boss Celtic". Daily Record. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  15. 1 2 3 "Târgu Mureş clinch first Romanian Super Cup". UEFA. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  16. 1 2 3 "Dan Petrescu: Ex-Chelsea player quits Targu Mures after one game". BBC Sport. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "Petrescu quits after leading Targu Mures to Super Cup". Daily Mail. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  18. ↑ "舜天时代完美落幕!首夺冠" (in Chinese). Sports.sohu.com. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  19. ↑ "江苏苏宁俱乐部宣布换帅" (in Chinese). Suning FC. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  20. ↑ ДАН ПЕТРЕСКУ ВОЗГЛАВИЛ «КУБАНЬ» (in Russian). FC Kuban Krasnodar. 14 June 2016.
  21. ↑ ДАН ПЕТРЕСКУ ПОКИДАЕТ «КУБАНЬ» (in Russian). FC Kuban Krasnodar. 4 October 2016.
  22. ↑ "Petrescu, Dan". Club statistics. National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  23. ↑ "Dan Petrescu » Club matches". Worldfootball. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  24. ↑ "Dan Petrescu". FootballDatabase. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  25. 1 2 "Games played by Dan Petrescu in 1995/1996". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  26. ↑ "Games played by Dan Petrescu in 1996/1997". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  27. ↑ "Games played by Dan Petrescu in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Dan Petrescu in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  29. ↑ "Games played by Dan Petrescu in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  30. 1 2 "Games played by Dan Petrescu in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  31. ↑ "Games played by Dan Petrescu in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  32. 1 2 3 "Dan Petrescu" (in Romanian). SteauaFC.com. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  33. ↑ "FA Cup Final 1997". www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  34. ↑ "Trophy Cabinet: League Cup: 1997/98". Chelsea FC. Retrieved 30 January 2016. Dan Petrescu made it 3-0 on the night with a neat finish
  35. ↑ "Trophy Cabinet: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1997/98". Chelsea FC. Retrieved 30 January 2016. Dan Petrescu's dismissal late in the game ensured it was an uncomfortable final few minutes
  36. ↑ "Dan Petrescu". UEFA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  37. ↑ "Cupa României - Season 2002-2003". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  38. ↑ Davies, Christopher (15 April 2003). "The Premiership elite selection 1993–2003". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
  39. 1 2 3 4 "D. Petrescu". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

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