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Nicolae Petrescu (footballer)

Nicolae "Nicky" Petrescu (2 April 1913 – 1991) was a Romanian professional footballer and football manager.

Nicolae Petrescu
Personal information
Full name Nicolae "Nicky" Petrescu
Date of birth (1913-04-02)2 April 1913
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 1991(1991-00-00) (aged 77–78)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1931–1941 Juventus București 144 (0)
Managerial career
1945 Juventus București
1946–1948 Juventus București (assistant)
1948–1952 Poiana Câmpina
1952 Vulcan București
1953–1957 Romania youth
1956 Romania U21
1957 Romania (assistant)
1957–1958 CCA București
1958–1960 Dinamo Obor București
1964–1968 Romania U21
1971 Turkey
1972–1973 Altay
1977–1978 Samsunspor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Nicolae Petrescu was born on 2 April 1913 in Bucharest, Romania and spent his entire playing career at local club Juventus, making his debut for the club in the last round of the 1930–31 București championship when coach Emerich Vogl used him the whole game in a 9–0 victory against Sportul Studențesc București.[1][2][3] In the following years, Petrescu started to play more often, consolidating his place in the first 11 of the team, helping it gain promotion to Divizia A by the end of the 1932–33 season, his style of play being praised by the Gazeta Sporturilor newspaper after a 3–2 victory in front of Sportul Studențesc:"Insistent attacks started from the ranks of The Black and Whites (Sportul) are hardly stopped by the defense of The Red and Blues (Juventus). Petrescu is at ease, moving like a swashbuckler among his opponents, whom he regularly deprives of the ball".[1][4][5][6] In the first round of the following season, he made his Divizia A debut on 17 September 1933 when coach Ladislau Csillag used him in all the minutes of a 3–1 away victory in front of Ripensia Timișoara.[7][8] He scored his first and only goal of his career in the eight-finals of the 1935–36 Cupa României in a 3–1 victory against Maccabi București, Juventus managing to reach the semi-finals of that edition, a performance which was repeated in the following season.[9][10] In the last years of his career, Petrescu played more rarely and the team's results were poorer season after season, eventually relegating by the end of the 1939–40 season but he stayed with the club helping it promote after one season by contributing with 14 appearances, however he did not get to play again in Divizia A as the championship was interrupted because of World War II, thus ending his playing career in which he gained a total of 107 Divizia A appearances and 16 matches with one goal scored in Cupa României.[11][12][13][14]

Managerial career

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Nicolae Petrescu began his managerial career at the club he spent his entire playing career, Juventus București, guiding it in the first half of the 1945–46 București championship, as in the second half he was replaced with Emerich Vogl who kept him on his staff as an assistant, a position he held in the following two seasons when the team played in Divizia A.[15][16][17] Afterwards he worked at Poiana Câmpina and Vulcan București, before being employed by the Romanian Football Federation to coach Romanian youth teams from 1953 until 1957, including the under-21 side, also in 1957 he was Gheorghe Popescu I's assistant at the senior squad.[1] From 1957 until 1958 he was head coach at CCA București, then moved to Dinamo Obor București for two years, after which he came back to working with juniors, being the coordinator coach of Dinamo București's youth center.[1][2] In the following years Nicolae Petrescu continued to work at youth level, being between 1962 and 1964 the head of the "23 August" junior center and from 1964 until 1968 he coached Romania's under-21 team.[1] For a short period he retired from the field and became head of the Psychological Research Laboratory at the Physical Education and Sports Research Center, returning in 1969 to work again for the Romanian Football Federation as a federal coach for one year.[1] In 1971 he went to work in Turkey as a technical director for the Turkish Football Federation, later that year being named head coach of the national team for one game, a 1–0 home victory in front of Poland at the Euro 1972 qualifiers.[1][2][18] In 1972 he went to coach Altay until 1973, returning to Romania where from 1974 until 1976 he held the position of president of the Central College of Coaches within the Romanian Football Federation.[1][2] In his final years of coaching he worked from 1976 until 1977 as the coordinator of Dinamo București's youth center and had another experience in Turkey at Samsunspor, ending his career in 1978.[1] Petrescu died in 1991 at age 78.[1][2][18]

Writing

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Nicolae Petrescu wrote two volumes about football:[1][2]

  • Carte pentru fotbaliștii de mâine (Book for tomorrow's footballers)
  • Fotbal pe culmile performanței (Football at the peak of performance)

Honours

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Player

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Juventus București

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "EXCLUSIV. Povestea lui Nicolae Petrescu, primul român care a antrenat naționala de fotbal a Turciei" [EXCLUSIVE. The story of Nicolae Petrescu, the first Romanian to coach the Turkey national football team]. Libertatea (in Romanian). 7 August 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Românii care au antrenat echipe naționale din străinătate înainte de '90" [Romanians who coached national teams from abroad before the 90's] (in Romanian). Theplaymaker.ro. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  3. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XI – TITLUL DISTRICTUAL DECIS ŞI DE O CONTESTAŢIE" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XI - THE DISTRICT TITLE DECIDED AND BY A CONTEST] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  4. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XII – "Promovare pierduta in retur"" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XII - "Promotion lost in return"] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  5. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XIII – "PROMOVAREA ÎN DIVIZIA A" Partea I" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XIII – "PROMOTION TO DIVISION A" Part I] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 12 April 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  6. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XIII – "PROMOVAREA ÎN DIVIZIA A" Partea II" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XIII – "PROMOTION TO DIVISION A" Part II] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  7. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XIV – Debut de bun augur" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XIV – Auspicious Debut] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  8. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XV – O clasare jenanta" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XV – An embarrassing ranking] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  9. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XVI – Editia Premierelor" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XVI – Premiere Edition] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  10. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XVII – DIN NOU SEMIFINALISTĂ ÎN CUPĂ" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XVII – CUP SEMI-FINALIST AGAIN] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  11. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XVIII – O EDIŢIE MODESTĂ" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XVIII – A MODEST EDITION] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  12. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XIX – MEMORABILUL 7-2 CU CAMPIOANA RIPENSIA" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XIX – THE MEMORABLE 7-2 WITH CHAMPION RIPENSIA] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  13. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XX – REORGANIZARE PĂGUBOASĂ" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XX – DAMAGED REORGANIZATION] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  14. ^ a b "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XXI – "Promovare pentru niciunde"" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XXI – "Promotion for Nowhere"] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  15. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XXIV – "Ultimul șut aduce promovarea"" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XXIV - "The Last Shot Gets the Promotion"] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  16. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XXV – "LA 17 MINUTE DE LOCUL DOI"" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XXV – "17 MINUTES FROM SECOND PLACE"] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  17. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XXVI – PRIMA SCHIMBARE A NUMELUI" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XXVI – FIRST CHANGE OF NAME] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  18. ^ a b "Nicolae Petrescu manager profile". European Football. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
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