Mircea Petescu

Mircea Petescu
Personal information
Full name	Mircea Viorel Petescu
Date of birth	(1942-05-15) 15 May 1942
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)
1962	Viitorul București	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
1984-1985	's-Gravenzandse SV
1988	Go Ahead Eagles
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

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.

Personal life

In 2007, Petescu was sentenced to a 500 euro fine and suspended time in jail for extortion.^[4]

Honours

Club

UTA Arad

Romanian League: 2

1969, 1970

Steaua Bucharest

Romanian Cup: 1

1966

Romania

Under-18 European Championship: 1

1962

References

↑ Mircea Petescu: ”Eu l-am descoperit pe Van Gaal!” Cine e Mircea Petescu? - Libertatea (Romanian)
↑ Poul Annema, Petescu, van vedette tot anonyme, Nieuwe Leidsche Courant, 8 September 1973. (Dutch)
↑ Roemeense krant betitelt Van Gaal als 'Van Hitler' - AD (Dutch)
↑ Afperser oliemagnaat Rosseel krijgt voorwaardelijke celstraf - Nieuwsblad (Dutch)

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 – 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 (1999–2001)
Beijer (2001–02)
Poortvliet (2002–05)
Nijholt (2005–08)
Metgod (2008–10)
Poortvliet (2010–12)
Keizer (2012–14)
Vonk (2014–)

Sparta Rotterdam – managers

Chadwick (1915)
Donaghy (1929–30)
Hall (1948–49)
Livingstone (1949–50)
Crook (1950)
Van de Enden (1950–55)
Neville (1955–63)
Thompson (1963–66)
Coerver (1966–69)
Keßler (1970–71)
Schwartz (1971–72)
Steegman (1972–76)
Adamson (1976)
Brom (1976–78)
Petescu (1978–80)
Brand (a.i.) (1980)
Hughes (1980–83)
Jacobs (1983–84)
T. 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 (a.i.) (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 (a.i.) (2005)
Vloet (2005–07)
Aandewiel (2007)
Van Tiggelen (a.i.) (2007)
Booy (2007–09)
Adelaar (2009–10)
De Mos (2010)
Everse (2010–11)
Van Eck (2011)
M. Vonk (2011–13)
Van der Laan (a.i.) (2013)
Ten Cate (2013)
Bogers (2013)
Van der Laan (a.i.) (2013)
Kruys (2014)
Pastoor (2014–)

FC Dordrecht – managers

Hunter (1912–14)
Weisz (1938–40)
De Bois (1941–48)
De Smit (1954–55)
Schwartz (1955–56)
Veg (1956–58)
Rybicki (1958–60)
Humenberger (1960–61)
Veldhuis (1961–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)
Kistemaker (1984–85)
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 (1996–2000)
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 (2011–12)
Breetveld (2012)
Bos (2012)
Van den Ham (2012)
Kruys (2013)
Breetveld (2013)
Van den Ham (2013–14)
Brandts (2014–15)
Everse (2015)
Van den Ham (2015–16)
De Nooijer (2016–)

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 (2011–12)
Calderwood (2012)
Ten Hag (2012–13)
Booy (2013–15)
Demmers (2015–16)
De Koning (2016–)

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