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Dan Petrescu

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Vasile Petrescu
Date of birth	22 December 1967 (1967-12-22) (age 42)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Playing position	Defender, Winger
Club information
Current club	FC Kuban Krasnodar
Youth career
1977–1985	Steaua Bucureşti
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1985–1991	Steaua Bucureşti	95	(28)
1986–1987	→ Olt Scorniceşti (loan)	24	(0)
1991–1993	U.S. Foggia	55	(7)
1993–1994	Genoa C.F.C.	24	(1)
1994–1995	Sheffield Wednesday	39	(3)
1995–2000	Chelsea	151	(17)
2000–2001	Bradford City	17	(1)
2001–2002	Southampton	11	(2)
2002–2003	Naţional Bucureşti	20	(0)
Total		436	(59)
National team
1989–2000	Romania	95	(12)
Teams managed
2004	Rapid Bucureşti
2004–2006	Sportul Studenţesc
2006	Wisła Kraków
2006–2009	Unirea Urziceni
2009–	Kuban Krasnodar
Honours Competitor for Steaua Bucureşti Silver European Cup 1989 Competitor for Chelsea F.C. Gold UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1998 Gold UEFA Super Cup 1998
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Daniel Vasile Petrescu (born 22 December 1967 in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian former international football player most famous for having played for the English Premiership club Chelsea. Other clubs included Steaua Bucureşti and Sheffield Wednesday. Petrescu received 95 international caps for the Romanian national side. He is currently managing FC Kuban Krasnodar after resigning as the manager of Romanian Liga 1 team Unirea Urziceni in December 2009.

[edit] Club career

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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 an important part of the team which reached the semifinals of the European Cup in 1988 and the final in 1989. Also in 1989 he played for Romania for the first time, but missed the World Cup of the following year due to an injury.

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

Petrescu moved to the English Premiership in 1994 after a successful World Cup for Romania, signing for Sheffield Wednesday from Genoa. 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. He moved to Bradford City for £1m that July, scoring once against West Ham,^[1] and then had a spell at Southampton, where he scored twice against Leicester^[2] and Manchester City.^[3]

[edit] Return to Romania

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.

[edit] International career

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

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. In the end, the Romanians lost their second round game 1–0 to Croatia.

[edit] International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	5 December 1990	Stadionul Naţional, Bucharest, Romania	San Marino	6–0	6–0	UEFA Euro 1992 Qualifying
2	8 April 1992	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Latvia	2–0	2–0	Friendly
3	25 May 1994	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Nigeria	2–0	2–0	Friendly
4	26 June 1994	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, United States	United States	1–0	1–0	World Cup 1994 Group A
5	6 September 1994	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Azerbaijan	2–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 1996 Qualifying
6	1 June 1996	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Moldova	1–0	3–1	Friendly
7	31 August 1996	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Lithuania	2–0	3–0	World Cup 1998 Qualifying
8	9 October 1996	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	Iceland	4–0	4–0	World Cup 1998 Qualifying
9	29 March 1997	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Liechtenstein	5–0	8–0	World Cup 1998 Qualifying
10	10 September 1997	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Iceland	2–0	4–0	World Cup 1998 Qualifying
11	6 June 1998	Stadionul Ilie Oană, Ploieşti, Romania	Moldova	2–0	5–1	Friendly
12	22 June 1998	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse, France	England	2–1	2–1	World Cup 1998 Group G

[edit] Coaching career

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. On 1 January 2006 he became the manager of Polish 2004–05 champions Wisła Kraków, replacing the temporary coach Tomasz Kulawik. Wisła finished second in the 2005–06 championship. After poor league performances in the 2006–07 season and a loss against Iraklis in the UEFA Cup (Wisła won the tie on aggregate, however the second game was won under a new coach), Petrescu was dismissed as manager of Wisła Kraków on 18 September 2006.

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 FC at home, 1-0. He is the first Romanian coach to obtain 8 points in a UEFA Champions League group.

Petrescu resigned as manager of Unirea Urziceni in December 2009. On 28 December 2009 the Russian Second division club FC Kuban Krasnodar hired the former Unirea Urziceni coach on a five-year deal.^[4]

[edit] Career statistics

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[edit] Honours

[edit] As a player

Steaua Bucureşti

• Romanian League: 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89
• Romanian Cup: 1987, 1988, 1989
• European Cup runner-up: 1989
• Bruges Matins Trophy: 1987

Chelsea F.C.

• FA Cup: 1997
• FA Community Shield runner-up: 1997
• League Cup: 1998
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1998
• UEFA Super Cup: 1998

FC Naţional

• Romanian Cup runner-up: 2003

Individual

• Overseas Team of the Decade - Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992/3 - 2001/2)

[edit] As a manager

Wisła Kraków

• Polish League runner-up: 2005–06

Unirea Urziceni

• Romanian League: 2008–09
• Romanian Cup runner-up: 2008

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Dan Petrescu's profile on romaniansoccer.ro
• Dan Petrescu career stats at Soccerbase
• Dan Petrescu at National-Football-Teams.com
• Dan Petrescu FIFA competition record

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Ştefan Iovan	Steaua captain 1991	Succeeded by Ilie Dumitrescu
Preceded by Gavril Balint	Steaua Top Scorer 1990–1991	Succeeded by Ilie Stan

Dan Petrescu international tournaments v • d • e Romania squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Prunea • 2 Petrescu • 3 Prodan • 4 Belodedici • 5 Lupescu • 6 Popescu • 7 Munteanu • 8 Chiriţă • 9 Răducioiu • 10 Hagi • 11 Dumitrescu • 12 Stelea • 13 Selymes • 14 Mihali • 15 Panduru • 16 Vlădoiu • 17 Moldovan • 18 Gâlcă • 19 Papură • 20 Stîngă • 21 Ivan • 22 Preda • Coach: Iordănescu v • d • e Romania squad – UEFA Euro 1996 1 Stelea • 2 Petrescu • 3 Prodan • 4 Belodedici • 5 Lupescu • 6 Popescu • 7 Lăcătuş • 8 Sabău • 9 Răducioiu • 10 Hagi • 11 Munteanu • 12 Prunea • 13 Selymes • 14 Gâlcă • 15 Doboş • 16 Mihali • 17 Filipescu • 18 Stîngă • 19 Ilie • 20 Moldovan • 21 Vlădoiu • 22 Tene • Coach: Iordănescu v • d • e Romania squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Stângaciu • 2 Petrescu • 3 Dulca • 4 Doboş • 5 Gâlcă • 6 Gheorghe Popescu • 7 Lăcătuş • 8 Munteanu • 9 Moldovan • 10 Hagi • 11 Ilie • 12 Stelea • 13 Ciobotariu • 14 Niculescu • 15 Marinescu • 16 Gabriel Popescu • 17 Dumitrescu • 18 Filipescu • 19 Stîngă • 20 Selymes • 21 Craioveanu • 22 Prunea • Coach: Iordănescu v • d • e Romania squad – UEFA Euro 2000 1 Lobonţ • 2 Petrescu • 3 Ciobotariu • 4 Filipescu • 5 Gâlcă • 6 Popescu • 7 Mutu • 8 Munteanu • 9 Moldovan • 10 Hagi • 11 Ilie • 12 Stelea • 13 Chivu • 14 Petre • 15 Lupescu • 16 Roşu • 17 Belodedici • 18 Ganea • 19 Lincar • 20 Hîldan • 21 Prunea • 22 Contra • Coach: Jenei

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