Dan Petrescu
Dan Vasile " Bursucul " Petrescu ( born December 22, 1967 in Bucharest ) is a former Romanian football player and current coach. The full-back played a total of 433 games in de Romanian Liga 1, the Italian Serie A and the English Premier League. As an international, he participated in the FIFA World Cup 1994, the UEFA European Football Championship in 1996 and the European Football Championship 2000 in part. Since August 2012, he has been head coach of Dynamo Moscow in the Russian Premjer League.
Career as a player
Petrescu began playing football at the age of ten years, the Romanian top club Steaua Bucharest. In 1982, he was loaned for two years at Unirea Tricolor Bucharest and then returned to Steaua. He debuted on June 8, 1986 in an away game against FCM Braşov in Divizia A, as the championship winning 1985/86 of Steaua had already been decided. In the 1986/87 season he played on loan at FC Olt. From 1987 Petrescu spent another four seasons at Steaua, before moving to U.S. Foggia 1991. In 1993 he moved within the Serie A Genoa. A season later, he moved to England to Sheffield Wednesday. For the 1995/96 season he moved to Chelsea. With Chelsea, he won the 1997 FA Cup. In 1998, he won with the club the League Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup. After the break with the then coach Gianluca Vialli after a defeat against Manchester United, he never played more for Chelsea. For the season 2000/ 01 he moved to Bradford City. A season later he signed for Southampton FC. In 2002 he moved to FC Naţional Bucharest, where he ended his career in 2003.
National
Petrescu played between 1989 and 2000 for the Romanian national football team 95 games in which he scored twelve goals. On March 29, 1989, he made his debut in a friendly against Italy for his country. With his team Petrescu took part in the soccer world championships in 1994 and 1998 and the European Football Championships in 1996 and 2000.
Career as a coach
Even in his last season Petrescu worked as an assistant coach by Walter Zenga in his club FC Naţional Bucharest. In the summer of 2003, he became head coach of Sportul Studenţesc, which had just been relegated to the B Divizia. For winter break, he stood with his club confidently at the top, before signed him first division side Rapid Bucharest, succeeding Mircea Rednic. This commitment was not crowned with success: after just six games, Rapid separated again by Petrescu and replaced him with Viorel Hizo.
In summer 2004, Petrescu returned to Sportul, which was now risen to the Divizia A. In the 2004/05 season he led the club to secure relegation. In the following season defied the financial problems of the club and was standing with his team in the secure midfield, as it took the Polish first division side Wisła Kraków under contract. He closed the 2005/06 season with the reigning Polish champion from second behind Legia Warsaw. However, in September 2006, he again had to take his hat.
Then Petrescu returned to his homeland, where it league -1 - promoted Unirea Urziceni adopted on 26 September 2006 as successor to the sacked Costel Orac under contract. He led the club continuously in the Romanian lace. After the season had been completed with the initial qualification for the UEFA Cup 2007/ 08, he could win with Unirea a year later for the first time the Romanian championship. After reaching the round of 32 in the UEFA Europa League 2009/10 ( as " losers " out of the Champions League) and after the appointment to Romania Coach of the Year in 2009, Petrescu took effect on December 26, 2009 from his office. Four days later, he was introduced as the new coach of the Russian second division side FC Kuban Krasnodar, with which he was able to celebrate the return to the Premjer League at the end of the 2010 season.
On August 17, 2012 Petrescu took over with immediate effect FK Dynamo Moscow.
Achievements
As a player
- World Cup participants: 1994 ( Quarter-finals )
- European Football Cup: 1996 ( first round ), 2000 ( Quarter-finals )
- Finalist in the European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1988/89
- European Cup Winners Cup Winners: 1998
- European Super Cup winner: 1998
- Romanian champion: 1986, 1988, 1989
- Romanian Cup Winners: 1988, 1989
- English FA Cup: 1997
- English League Cup: 1998
As coach
- Romanian champions: 2009
- Romanian Cup finalist: 2008
- Polish Vice Champion: 2006
- Rise in the Premjer League: 2010
Awards
On 25 March 2008 Petrescu was " sporty Meritul " III by Romanian President Traian Basescu for the achievements in the national team with the Order of Merit. Class excellent. He is Honored Master of Sports.
Others
Petrescu is married to his second wife and three daughters.