Florentin Petre
Petre playing for Terek Grozny in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-01-15) 15 January 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
Popești-Leordeni
1988–1990 Victoria București
1990–1994 Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2006 Dinamo București 259 (43)
1995 → UTA Arad (loan) 9 (3)
2006–2008 CSKA Sofia 50 (21)
2008–2009 Terek Grozny 36 (5)
2009–2010 CSKA Sofia 8 (1)
2010–2011 Victoria Brănești 10 (0)
Total 372 (73)
International career
1994–1998 Romania U21[1] 19 (3)
1996 Romania U23[1] 3 (1)
1998–2009 Romania[2] 54 (6)
Managerial career
2012 Dinamo II București (assistant)
2012–2013 Dinamo București (assistant)
2015 Dinamo II București
2017 Brașov (assistant)
2017 Luceafărul Oradea (assistant)
2017–2018 Foresta Suceava
2018–2021 Dacia Unirea Brăila
2022 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
2023– Unirea Ungheni
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Florentin Petre (born 15 January 1976) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player.

Club career

Florentin Petre was born on 15 January 1976 in Bucharest, Romania, growing up and starting to play football in the town of Popești-Leordeni until 1988 when he went to play at the youth center of Victoria București.[3][4] After the 1989 Romanian Revolution, Victoria was dissolved, so Petre was taken by coach Ionuț Chirilă to the youth center of Dinamo București where he eventually started his senior career, playing his first Divizia A match for the senior squad on 15 October 1994 in a 2–0 victory over Universitatea Cluj in which he opened the score in the 3rd minute.[3][4][5] He was loaned to UTA Arad in the second half of that season, playing 8 Divizia A matches in which he scored one goal.[3][6] He helped Dinamo win The Double in the 1999–2000 season, being used by coach Cornel Dinu in 22 league matches in which he scored 7 goals, including one in a 3–2 victory in a derby against Steaua București which helped them mathematically win the title.[3][7][8] In 2000 Petre contracted hepatitis C and had an accident while fishing in the Danube Delta when he touched an electricity wire with his fishing rod and almost lost his life, these events put him on the sideline for almost two seasons, but he still managed to bring his contribution to the winning of the 2001–02 title by scoring one goal in 10 appearances.[3][9][10][11][12][13][14] Also his hepatitis problem made Spanish club, Alavés give up on his transfer even do he had a precontract signed with them.[4] He helped Dinamo win The Double again, playing 24 games and scoring 4 goals under the guidance of coach Ioan Andone in the 2003–04 Divizia A season.[3][7] He also represented The Red Dogs in European competitions, playing 32 games in which he scored 6 goals (including 3 appearances in the Intertoto Cup), being part of the team that with coach Andone eliminated Everton with a historical 5–2 on aggregate in which he scored a goal, reaching the 2005–06 UEFA Cup group stage.[3][15][16] Petre spent a total of 12 seasons at Dinamo in which he scored 43 goals in 259 Divizia A appearances, winning three titles, five cups and one supercup.[3]

Petre left Dinamo in July 2006 and signed a three-year contract with Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia.[17] In his first season spent in Bulgaria, Petre played alongside fellow Romanians Eugen Trică and Alexandru Pițurcă, managing to win the 2006 Bulgarian Supercup and finish runner-up in the championship.[3][18][19] In the following season he played 24 games and scored 11 goals, helping CSKA win the 31st title in the club's history.[3][20][21] In 2008, Petre went to play alongside compatriots Daniel Pancu and Andrei Mărgăritescu in the Russian Premier League at Terek Grozny.[3][22][23] In January 2010, Petre returned to CSKA Sofia for a half of year, alongside Romanians Daniel Pancu and coach Ioan Andone.[24][25][26] In both periods spent at CSKA, Petre scored a total of 22 goals in 58 Bulgarian league matches, also appearing in 8 matches in which he scored one goal in European competitions.[3][15]

Petre ended his career in 2011 at Victoria Brănești, his last game being a 2–0 victory against Gloria Bistrița in Divizia A, a competition in which he has a total of 278 matches played and 46 goals scored.[3][27][28][29]

International career

Petre played 54 games and scored 6 goals for Romania, making his debut under coach Victor Pițurcă on 19 August 1998 in a friendly which ended 0–0 against Norway.[2][30] He played 8 games and scored one goal in a 2–1 victory against Greece at the successful Euro 2000 qualifiers.[2] He was used by coach Emerich Jenei in two games at the Euro 2000 final tournament, in the first one he came as a substitute and replaced Dan Petrescu in the 64th minute of the 1–0 loss against Portugal in the group stage and in the second one he played the whole game in the quarterfinal lost with 2–0 against Italy.[2][31][32] Petre played one game at the 2002 World Cup qualifiers and nine games in which he scored one goal in a 2–1 victory against Finland at the 2006 World Cup qualifiers.[2] He played 7 games and scored one goal in a 2–0 victory against Luxembourg at the successful Euro 2008 qualifiers.[2] He was used by coach Victor Pițurcă in two games in the group stage at the Euro 2008 final tournament, in the first one which was a 1–1 against Italy he played as a starter until the 59th minute when he was replaced by Bănel Nicoliță and in the second one he came as a substitute and replaced Nicoliță in the 2–0 loss against Netherlands.[2][33][34] Petre played one game and scored one goal in a 2–2 against France at the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, making his last appearance for the national team in a friendly which ended with a 2–1 loss against Croatia.[2]

On 25 March 2008, he was decorated by the president of Romania, Traian Băsescu, for his performance in the Euro 2008 qualifiers, where Romania managed to obtain the qualification to the final tournament. He received Medalia "Meritul Sportiv" – ("The Sportive Merit" Medal) class III.[35][36]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Petre goal.[2]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 31 March 1999 Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan  Azerbaijan 1–0 1–0 Euro 2000 qualifiers
2 3 June 2000 Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania  Greece 2–0 2–1 Friendly
3 18 August 2004 Stadionul Giulești, Bucharest, Romania  Finland 2–0 2–1 2006 World Cup qualifiers
4 16 November 2005 Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania  Nigeria 2–0 3–0 Friendly
5 17 October 2007 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 1–0 2–0 Euro 2008 qualifiers
6 11 October 2008 Stadionul Farul, Constanța, Romania  France 1–0 2–2 2010 World Cup qualifiers

Managerial career

Petre started his managerial career in February 2012 as Marin Ion's assistant coach at Dinamo II București, moving in the second half of the 2012–13 Liga I season as Cornel Țălnar's assistant at Dinamo București's first team.[37][38][39] He had his first experience as head coach in 2015 at Dinamo II București.[40] He reunited with Țălnar in 2017, working as his assistant at Brașov and Luceafărul Oradea, after which he had a spell as head coach at Foresta Suceava.[41][42] From August 2018 until December 2021, Petre coached Dacia Unirea Brăila, finishing with the team in the last place of the 2018–19 Liga II season, thus relegating to Liga III where he managed to obtain a promotion back to Liga II in the 2020–21 Liga III season, but after the first half of the 2021–22 season in which the team finished last with only two points, he and the club ended their collaboration.[41][43][44][45]

Rallying

Petre was also passionate of motorsport, competing in the national rallying championships of Romania and Bulgaria, becoming rally champion of Bulgaria in 2010 and obtaining the 3rd position at the 2012 rally championship of Romania.[27][46][47][48][49][50]

Personal life

His son Patrick Petre is also a footballer who started his career at Dinamo București.[51][52]

Honours

Dinamo București

CSKA Sofia

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Florentin Petre national team matches". EU-Football.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Florentin Petre at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  4. ^ a b c "Transferul ratat și marea dezamăgire a lui Florentin Petre, după 20 de ani de carieră:"Nu am spus-o nimănui până acum"" [The missed transfer and the great disappointment of Florentin Petre, after 20 years of career:"I haven't told anyone until now"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Florentin Petre, după ce fiul său a debutat în echipa mare a lui Dinamo în derby-ul cu Steaua: "Aşteptam acest moment de când s-a născut". Sfaturile fostului "câine" pentru Patrick" [Florentin Petre, after his son made his debut in Dinamo's big team in the derby with Steaua: "We have been waiting for this moment since he was born". The former "dog's" advice for Patrick] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  6. ^ ""Ai avut ofertă de la Steaua?" Florentin Petre: "Da". De ce nu a semnat dinamovistul cu marea rivală" ["Did you get an offer from Steaua?" Florentin Petre: "Yes." Why didn't the Dinamo player sign with the great rival] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Dinamo a batut Steaua cu 3-2: super goluri Danciulescu si Mihalcea! VIDEO" [Dinamo beat Steaua 3-2: super goals Danciulescu and Mihalcea! VIDEO] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Florentin Petre a povestit cum l-a ajutat Becali să scape de hepatita C: "Mi-a dat acest cadou, care costă 50.000 de euro"" [Florentin Petre told how Becali helped him get rid of hepatitis C: "He gave me this gift, which costs 50,000 euros"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Florentin Petre, mesaj emoționant pentru Gigi Becali: "Nu mi-a fost dat niciodată să întâlnesc atâta bunătate"" [Florentin Petre, emotional message for Gigi Becali: "I was never given to meet so much kindness"] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Viaţa «Piticului» costă 75.000 €! Florentin Petre are nevoie de tratament pentru hepatita C" [The life of the "Dwarf" costs € 75,000! Florentin Petre needs treatment for hepatitis C.] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Un fotbalist de la noi, la un pas de moarte după ce a mers la pescuit. "Mi-am pierdut vreo patru ore cunoștința"" [A football player from our country, on the verge of death after going fishing. "I lost consciousness for about four hours."] (in Romanian). Spynews.ro. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Marturiile lui Florentin Petre dupa tragedia canotorului electrocuta la pescuit! "Am fost acolo si Dumnezeu m-a trimis inapoi"" [The testimonies of Florentin Petre after the tragedy of the electrocuted fisher! "I was there and God sent me back"] (in Romanian). Cancan.ro. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Dinamovistul Florentin Petre s-a electrocutat in timp ce pescuia" [Dinamo player Florentin Petre got electrocuted while fishing] (in Romanian). Curentul.info. 21 July 2001. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  15. ^ a b Florentin Petre at WorldFootball.net
  16. ^ "VIDEO 15 ani de la istoricul Dinamo - Everton 5-1. 3 dintre oamenii-cheie au rememorat meciul pentru GSP: "Sincer să fiu, am fost cel mai bun!"" [VIDEO 15 years since the historic Dinamo - Everton 5-1. 3 of the key people recalled the match for GSP:" To be honest, I was the best! "] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  17. ^ Yolchev, Ivaylo; Tsukev, Ivo (20 July 2006). "ЦСКА прати защитник в Букурещ. Гъргоров спазарен със Страсбург срещу 500 000" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  18. ^ "Trica si Florentin Petre au castigat Supercupa Bulgariei" [Trica and Florentin Petre won the Bulgarian Super Cup] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 31 July 2006. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  19. ^ "Adevărul i-a vizitat pe românii de la ŢSKA Sofia" [Adevărul visited the Romanians from ŢSKA Sofia] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 27 November 2006. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  20. ^ "Petre, campion în Bulgaria" [Petre, champion in Bulgaria] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 11 May 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  21. ^ "Florentin Petre: "Avem valoare"" [Florentin Petre: "We have value"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 7 May 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  22. ^ "Mărgăritescu și Fl. Petre au debutat pentru Terek" [Mărgăritescu and Fl. Petre made their debut for Terek] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 13 July 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  23. ^ "Vezi cum se bucură managerul lui Pancu, Petre şi Mărgăritescu la succesele lui Terek" [See how Pancu, Petre and Mărgăritescu's manager rejoices at Terek's successes] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  24. ^ "Pancu și Petre, armele lui ȚSKA" [Pancu and Petre, TSKA's weapons] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 16 January 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  25. ^ "Le-au tremurat chilotii! Vezi cum au marcat Pancu si Petre pentru Andone la TSKA Sofia!" [Their panties were shaking! See how Pancu and Petre scored for Andone at TSKA Sofia!] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  26. ^ "Florentin Petre și Daniel Pancu au marcat pentru ȚSKA Sofia" [Florentin Petre and Daniel Pancu scored for CSKA Sofia] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 13 March 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  27. ^ a b "Fotografiile unui fotbalist de succes care se retrage diseară: Florentin Petre!" [Photos of a successful footballer who is retiring tonight: Florentin Petre!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  28. ^ "Florentin Petre se va retrage tocmai în Ştefan cel Mare: "Regret că îmi închei cariera retrogradând"" [Florentin Petre will retire in Ştefan cel Mare: "I regret that I end my career with a relegation"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  29. ^ "Au îndeplinit baremul! Victoria Brănești – Gloria Bistrița 2-0" [They met the scale! Victoria Brănești - Gloria Bistrița 2-0] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 21 May 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  30. ^ "Norway 0-0 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  31. ^ "Portugal 1-0 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  32. ^ "Italy 2-0 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  33. ^ "Italy 1-1 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  34. ^ "Netherlands 2-0 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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  36. ^ "Decorarea unor personalități ale fotbalului românesc". Administrația Prezidențială. 25 March 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  37. ^ "Florentin Petre, antrenor secund la Dinamo II" [Florentin Petre, assistant coach at Dinamo II] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  38. ^ "Florentin Petre laudă munca lui Dorinel Munteanu. Legenda "câinilor" este antrenor secund la Dinamo II" [Florentin Petre praises the work of Dorinel Munteanu. The legend of the "dogs" is the assistant coach of Dinamo II] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 24 November 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  39. ^ "VIDEO Florentin Petre: "Dacă voi mai fi solicitat, voi reveni mereu la Dinamo!"" [VIDEO Florentin Petre: "If I will be asked again, I will always return to Dinamo!"] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  40. ^ "Florentin Petre, noul antrenor de la Dinamo 2. "Sunt pregătit din toate punctele de vedere"" [Florentin Petre, the new coach of Dinamo 2. "I am ready from all points of view"] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  41. ^ a b "Florentin Petre a dezvăluit la ce echipă s-ar întoarce oricând: "Ai infrastructură, ai oameni care știu tot ceea ce înseamnă fotbalul și îți poți etala și calitățile de antrenor." Comparația cu actualul său club, Dacia Unirea" [Florentin Petre revealed which team he would return to at any time: "You have the infrastructure, you have people who know everything that football means and you can also show off your coaching skills." Comparison with his current club, Dacia Unirea] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  42. ^ "Luceafărul Oradea are planuri de promovare! A numit pe bancă doi foști antrenori dinamoviști" [Luceafărul Oradea has promotion plans! He appointed two former Dinamo coaches on the bench] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  43. ^ "Florentin Petre, promovare "pe datorie": "Nici nu vrea să zic pe cât jucăm noi" + Viitor incert pentru Grigoraș la Oțelul" [Florentin Petre, promotion "on debt": "I don't even want to say on how much money we play" + Uncertain future for Grigoraș at Oţelul] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  44. ^ "Florentin Petre se desparte de Dacia Unirea Brăila după trei ani și jumătate și comentează deciziile drastice ale conducerii clubului: "Mă bucur, pentru nu se mai putea înainta în condițiile astea. Eu am ajutat, sunt împăcat." Ce crede despre ceea ce va urma la echipă" [Florentin Petre leaves Dacia Unirea Brăila after three and a half years and comments on the drastic decisions of the club's management: "I'm glad, we couldn't move forward in these conditions. I helped, I'm at peace." What he thinks about what's next for the team] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  45. ^ "Florentin Petre, dat afară de la Dacia Unirea Brăila, împreună cu staff-ul și toți jucătorii" [Florentin Petre, fired from Dacia Unirea Brăila, together with the staff and all the players] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  46. ^ "Florentin Petre, campion şi la raliuri" [Florentin Petre, champion and rally] (in Romanian). Evz.ro. 17 October 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  47. ^ "Petre debutează ca pilot de raliuri" [Petre debuts as a rally driver] (in Romanian). Click.ro. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  48. ^ "Florentin Petre, membru de onoare al echipei de raliuri Jack Daniel's" [Florentin Petre, honorary member of Jack Daniel's rally team] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  49. ^ ""Piticul" a obţinut locul trei la Raliul Clujului" ["The Dwarf" won third place at the Cluj Rally] (in Romanian). Click.ro. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  50. ^ "Alfred Eisenbeisser to Bondoc Ionescu-Crum: Romanian legends who excelled in multiple sports". Fifa.com. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  51. ^ "Florentin Petre, despre fiul său: "Patrick trebuie să joace ca să dea gol"" [Florentin Petre, about his son: "Patrick must play in order to score"] (in Romanian). looktv.ro. 2 December 2014. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  52. ^ "INTERVIU Patrick Petre vrea să își depășească tatăl: "E obiectivul meu personal"" [INTERVIEW Patrick Petre wants to overcome his father: "It's my personal goal"] (in Romanian). gsp.ro. Retrieved 7 October 2017.

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