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Florentin Petre
Florentin Petre (born 15 January 1976) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, currently assistant coach at Liga I club Dinamo București.
Petre was born on 15 January 1976 in Bucharest, Romania. He grew up and began playing football in the town of Popești-Leordeni, then in 1988 he moved to the youth center of Victoria București. After the 1989 Romanian Revolution, Victoria was dissolved, and Petre was taken by coach Ionuț Chirilă to the youth center of Dinamo București.
He started his senior career at Dinamo, playing his first Divizia A match on 15 October 1994 under coach Ion Moldovan in a 2–0 victory over Universitatea Cluj where he opened the score in the third minute. He was loaned to UTA Arad in the second half of that season, playing eight league matches in which he scored one goal.
Subsequently, Petre came back to Dinamo, where over the years he would become the team's captain and won three Divizia A titles. The first championship was won in the 1999–2000 season, being used by coach Cornel Dinu in 22 league matches in which he scored seven goals. One of these goals was netted in a 3–2 derby win against Steaua București that mathematically secured the title. In 2000, Petre contracted hepatitis C and in 2001 he 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 help win the 2001–02 title by scoring one goal in 10 appearances under coaches Dinu and Marin Ion. His hepatitis problem also made Spanish club Alavés give up on his transfer even though he had a precontract signed with them. He won his third title with Dinamo in the 2003–04 season, playing 24 games and scoring four goals under coach Ioan Andone, including a hat-trick in a 7–3 win over FCM Bacău. His performances in 2004 earned him the fifth place in the Romanian Footballer of the Year award.
During these years, Petre also helped the club win five Cupa României, playing in four of the finals. In 2005, he captained the team under coach Andone for the full 90 minutes in the 3–2 victory against rivals Steaua which helped the club earn its first Supercupa României. Petre also represented The Red Dogs in European competitions, playing 32 games in which he scored six goals (including three appearances with two goals in the Intertoto Cup). In the 2003–04 UEFA Cup, he helped the team get past Liepājas Metalurgs against whom he scored a double and Shakhtar Donetsk. In the 2005–06 edition of the same competition, they eliminated Everton with a historical 5–2 victory on aggregate in which he scored a goal, reaching the group stage.
Petre left Dinamo in July 2006 and signed a three-year contract with Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia. In his first season spent in Bulgaria, Petre played alongside fellow Romanians Eugen Trică and Alexandru Pițurcă. His first performance was playing the entire match under coach Plamen Markov in the conquest of the 2006 Bulgarian Supercup, following a penalty shoot-out victory against rivals Levski Sofia in which Petre netted the final spot kick. He made his debut in the Bulgarian league on 5 August 2006 in a 2–0 away victory against Cherno More Varna. He scored his first goal in the competition on 9 September when he opened the score in a 3–1 away win over Rilski Sportist Samokov.
In the following season, Petre played 24 games and scored 11 goals under coach Stoycho Mladenov, helping CSKA win undefeated the 31st title in the club's history. With these goals, he was the team's second top-scorer, having two fewer than Nei, and in the last round he netted a hat-trick in the 3–0 win against Chernomorets Burgas.
In 2008, Petre joined compatriots Daniel Pancu and Andrei Mărgăritescu in Russia at Terek Grozny, which paid €300,000 for his transfer. He made his Russian Premier League debut on 13 July 2008 when coach Vyacheslav Hroznyi used him the entire match in a 0–0 draw against FC Moscow. He scored his first goal on 23 August in a 2–1 home win over Lokomotiv Moscow. On 9 November he netted a brace in a 3–1 away win over champions Rubin Kazan. In the next season, Petre scored two goals in victories against Dynamo Moscow and Tom Tomsk. He played a total of 36 matches and scored five goals in the Russian league.
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Florentin Petre
Florentin Petre (born 15 January 1976) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, currently assistant coach at Liga I club Dinamo București.
Petre was born on 15 January 1976 in Bucharest, Romania. He grew up and began playing football in the town of Popești-Leordeni, then in 1988 he moved to the youth center of Victoria București. After the 1989 Romanian Revolution, Victoria was dissolved, and Petre was taken by coach Ionuț Chirilă to the youth center of Dinamo București.
He started his senior career at Dinamo, playing his first Divizia A match on 15 October 1994 under coach Ion Moldovan in a 2–0 victory over Universitatea Cluj where he opened the score in the third minute. He was loaned to UTA Arad in the second half of that season, playing eight league matches in which he scored one goal.
Subsequently, Petre came back to Dinamo, where over the years he would become the team's captain and won three Divizia A titles. The first championship was won in the 1999–2000 season, being used by coach Cornel Dinu in 22 league matches in which he scored seven goals. One of these goals was netted in a 3–2 derby win against Steaua București that mathematically secured the title. In 2000, Petre contracted hepatitis C and in 2001 he 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 help win the 2001–02 title by scoring one goal in 10 appearances under coaches Dinu and Marin Ion. His hepatitis problem also made Spanish club Alavés give up on his transfer even though he had a precontract signed with them. He won his third title with Dinamo in the 2003–04 season, playing 24 games and scoring four goals under coach Ioan Andone, including a hat-trick in a 7–3 win over FCM Bacău. His performances in 2004 earned him the fifth place in the Romanian Footballer of the Year award.
During these years, Petre also helped the club win five Cupa României, playing in four of the finals. In 2005, he captained the team under coach Andone for the full 90 minutes in the 3–2 victory against rivals Steaua which helped the club earn its first Supercupa României. Petre also represented The Red Dogs in European competitions, playing 32 games in which he scored six goals (including three appearances with two goals in the Intertoto Cup). In the 2003–04 UEFA Cup, he helped the team get past Liepājas Metalurgs against whom he scored a double and Shakhtar Donetsk. In the 2005–06 edition of the same competition, they eliminated Everton with a historical 5–2 victory on aggregate in which he scored a goal, reaching the group stage.
Petre left Dinamo in July 2006 and signed a three-year contract with Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia. In his first season spent in Bulgaria, Petre played alongside fellow Romanians Eugen Trică and Alexandru Pițurcă. His first performance was playing the entire match under coach Plamen Markov in the conquest of the 2006 Bulgarian Supercup, following a penalty shoot-out victory against rivals Levski Sofia in which Petre netted the final spot kick. He made his debut in the Bulgarian league on 5 August 2006 in a 2–0 away victory against Cherno More Varna. He scored his first goal in the competition on 9 September when he opened the score in a 3–1 away win over Rilski Sportist Samokov.
In the following season, Petre played 24 games and scored 11 goals under coach Stoycho Mladenov, helping CSKA win undefeated the 31st title in the club's history. With these goals, he was the team's second top-scorer, having two fewer than Nei, and in the last round he netted a hat-trick in the 3–0 win against Chernomorets Burgas.
In 2008, Petre joined compatriots Daniel Pancu and Andrei Mărgăritescu in Russia at Terek Grozny, which paid €300,000 for his transfer. He made his Russian Premier League debut on 13 July 2008 when coach Vyacheslav Hroznyi used him the entire match in a 0–0 draw against FC Moscow. He scored his first goal on 23 August in a 2–1 home win over Lokomotiv Moscow. On 9 November he netted a brace in a 3–1 away win over champions Rubin Kazan. In the next season, Petre scored two goals in victories against Dynamo Moscow and Tom Tomsk. He played a total of 36 matches and scored five goals in the Russian league.