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  Dan Petrescu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dan Petrescu (born 22 December 1967 in Bucharest, Romania) is a former international football player, whose teams included Steaua Bucureşti, English Premiership club Chelsea and the Romanian national side.
Petrescu moved to Chelsea in 1995, in a £2.3m transfer from Sheffield Wednesday.
Petrescu is currently pursuing a career as a coach.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dan_Petrescu   (336 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | EURO2000 | SQUAD | Dan Petrescu
Petrescu plays under Gianluca Vialli at Chelsea after a £2.3m switch in November 1995 from Sheffield Wednesday.
Although he was originally employed as a full back, Petrescu is increasingly used as a right sided midfielder, and with his trickery and powerful shots he regularly finds his name on the scoresheet.
Petrescu's main weakness is his tendency to disappear out of games when his side are struggling.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/euro2000/teams/romania/squad/745173.stm   (106 words)

  
 Player News: Dan Petrescu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Dan said: "I cannot say yet which club I will be joining and whether it will be as a player or coach, or both, but it should be sorted out in the next few days and I am very happy to be going home." Three clubs are already said to be interested.
Dan Petrescu fears he may have to undergo a hernia operation to relieve his persistant groin problems.
Dan's agent, one Giovanni Becali, said that Glenn Hoddle would be Spurs manager in the summer and that Dan would follow on shortly after.
www.onthecross.co.uk /personnel/news/petrescu.htm   (5265 words)

  
 TCM Breaking News - 2001/01/12: Petrescu seals Southampton switch
Petrescu has taken a huge paycut, but the chance to link up again with former boss Glenn Hoddle, who signed him for Chelsea, may have persuaded the Romanian.
Petrescu passed a medical on Friday morning amid minor concerns over a back injury.
Petrescu could be in line for a place in the squad to face Charlton at The Dell, but he may be rested after a hectic couple of days.
archives.tcm.ie /breakingnews/2001/01/12/story1411.asp   (195 words)

  
 ESPN.com Soccernet England: Dan Petrescu
He might have seemed on the verge of leaving a couple of times before, but he was a popular part of Stamford Bridge during that club's rollercoaster rise to the top.
An unlikely honorary Yorkshireman - Sheffield Wednesday were his first English club when he arrived from Serie A - Petrescu has also been a lynchpin of the Romania side for a generation.
Southampton manager Glenn Hoddle came in for the Romanian for a second time - he took Petrescu from Wednesday to Chelsea - when signing him for a nominal fee in January 2001.
www.soccernet.com /england/players/petrescudan.html   (228 words)

  
 Match Report (Chelsea v Liverpool)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Goldbaek put in a teasing cross from the left, Dan Petrescu dinked a little header down and forward, and Franco's balletic pirouette was finished off with a delicate lifting of the ball over the advancing David James.
Dan Petrescu really should have put the game safe though, when he was put clean through with a clever through ball from Goldbaek.
Dan Petrescu's centre from the right was perfectly measured, but Goldbaek ought not to have been left alone in 10 yards of space at the far post.
solo11.abac.com /mikechurch/cfc/1998_99/prem27.html   (2504 words)

  
 Football news, live scores, fixtures and results from 4thegame.com
Dan Petrescu fired a parting shot at Chelsea boss Gianluca Vialli as he completed his £1million move to Bradford City.
Petrescu fell out of favour with Vialli halfway through last season, and it gradually became inevitable that their ways would part sooner rather than later.
Petrescu admitted it took him only a short time to agree the move to Bradford which he believes could secure his future at international level.
www.4thegame.com /news/story/63213   (798 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Football | Teams | Southampton | Saints release Petrescu
Romanian international Dan Petrescu is returning home to pursue a career in management after being released by Southampton.
Petrescu was signed by former Southampton manager Glenn Hoddle from Bradford City in January 2001 and weighed in with some vital goals.
Petrescu won 95 caps for Romania and scored the goal which knocked England out of the 1998 World Cup.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/2082450.stm   (409 words)

  
 blueandwhitearmy.net - Story
As Dan Petrescu celebrates achieving a lifelong ambition by winning a FA Cup Final Winners medal, BAWA move on to the 1997-1998 season in the ongoing dissection of the Chelsea career of Dan Petrescu.
Although Dan opened the scoring with a low left-footed drive it was his role in the third Chelsea goal that caught the eye.
Dan had made an influential start to the season but Dan was not to get his name on the scoresheet for several games.
chelsea.rivals.net /?sid=884&p=2&stid=8265123   (1360 words)

  
 Yorkshire Sports from the Telegraph & Argus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Dan Petrescu proved a week is a long time in football by scoring City's last-gasp equaliser at Upton Park.
But Petrescu cast aside widespread criticism as he bounced back to score City's first away goal of the season and earn their first point on their travels.
Trevor Sinclair was marking Dan Petrescu, but decided to leave him and stand on the line, which allowed Dan to find space to head the ball into the net.
www.yorkshiresports.co.uk /body_city_sep_30.html   (719 words)

  
 SF Gate: Sports: Live Scores
The 36-year-old Petrescu replaces Mircea Rednic, who lead Rapid to an 8-2-5 league record before the winter break.
Petrescu, who played for Romania in the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, also played professionally for England's Chelsea.
Petrescu spent time as an assistant for National Bucharest in 2002-03 before heading Sportul Studentesc.
www.sportsnetwork.com /?c=sfgate&page=soc-rum/news/CSN2941920.htm   (107 words)

  
 ESPN.com Soccernet England: News - Petrescu admits Bradford 'mistake'
Dan Petrescu was reunited with his mentor Glenn Hoddle after admitting he made a mistake signing for Bradford.
Petrescu, whose medical included a scan on a back problem, will be paid the same £10,000 a week wage he turned down in the summer to sign for Bradford on £5,000 a week more.
Hoddle said: 'I was disappointed Dan joined Bradford in the close season but we were not prepared to pay the wages he wanted.
soccernet.com /england/news/2001/0113/20010113sfcpetmistakebrcfc.html   (253 words)

  
 uefa.com
Dan Petrescu has announced that he will retire from professional football at the end of the season.
Currently working as a player and assistant coach at FC National Bucuresti, Petrescu was recently banned for a match after punching an opponent.
Petrescu's decision means that he has only seven more league games to play before retirement, but he could yet cap his final season with another Romanian Cup as National are in the semi-finals of the competition.
www.uefa.com /news/newsId=65355,printer.htmx   (243 words)

  
 Banjarmasin Post   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
LYON- Pertandingan antara Kolombia dan Rumania di Grup G Piala Dunia 1998 di Perancis, Senin, [Disiarkan langsung RCTI pukul 23.30 Wita] boleh dikatakan pertarungan 'nostalgia' pemain gaek kedua negara, seperti empat tahun lalu di AS.
Kolombia memang tidak pernah mampu lagi bangkit dan langsung tersingkir pada babak pertama, sementara Rumania melaju sampai ke perempat-final.
Dan lebih parah lagi, dokter tim mengingatkan bahwa beberapa pemain menderita influensa.
www.indomedia.com /bpost/9806/15/or/orga1.htm   (517 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Dan Petrescu
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The interior of Stamford Bridge is decorated in Chelseas blue and white Stamford Bridge is a football stadium in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham that is home to Chelsea Football Club.
Daniel Petrescu (born 22 December 1967 in Bucharest, Romania) is a former international football player, who played for English Premiership club Chelsea and the Romanian national team.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Dan-Petrescu   (1120 words)

  
 CNN/SI - English Premier League - Petrescu plans to leave Chelsea - Monday August 17, 1998 10:52 AM
Posted: Monday August 17, 1998 10:52 AM Petrescu: "I cannot be a substitute in a team where I did good things and which I loved so much as Chelsea"
BUCHAREST, Romania (Reuters) -- Romanian defender Dan Petrescu said Monday he plans to quit Chelsea and English soccer "as soon as possible" after being told he was not guaranteed a first-team spot.
Petrescu, who has played 70 times for Romania, was an ever present under former Chelsea coach Ruud Gullit, but current coach Gianluca Vialli has different ideas.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/world/news/1998/08/17/petrescu_chelsea   (257 words)

  
 Soccer365   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Longtime Romania international Dan Petrescu has effectively announced his retirement to focus on coaching.
Petrescu starred with Steaua Bucharest for a decade before enjoying big seasons in Italy, and especially, England.
Petrescu also played for Genoa, Sheffield Wednesday, Bradford City and Southampton.
www.soccer365.com /EUROPEAN_NEWS/Rest_of_Europe/page_109_50428.shtml   (155 words)

  
 uefa.com - Football Europe - News & Features - News Specific   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Dan Petrescu is a former Romanian international (©empics)
Dan Petrescu has stepped down after only four months as coach of AFC Rapid Bucuresti.
The former Romanian international was in charge of the defending champions for just six league games, of which two were won, while the club were also knocked out of the Romanian Cup in the quarter-finals.
www.uefa.com /footballeurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=167954.html   (143 words)

  
 Football news, live scores, fixtures and results from 4thegame.com
Dan Petrescu may have to wait for his Southampton debut.
Petrescu is looking forward to reviving his career with Saints, six months after preferring Bradford when the two clubs competed to sign him from Chelsea.
Petrescu could be included on the substitutes' bench against Charlton as Southampton chase their seventh win in eight home matches.
www.4thegame.com /news/story/72217   (461 words)

  
 Match Reports
De Goey then came to Chelsea's rescue in the 20th minute when he pulled off a superb save to deny Redfearn from 18 yards again, and from then on it was one-way traffic as Chelsea showed their true class and title potential.
Thirteen minutes later a Frank Sinclair right-wing cross found the rising Poyet and, although his initial header was superbly blocked at point-blank range by Watson, the free summer transfer was on hand to stab home from inside the six-yard box for his first goal in English football.
In the 44th minute Petrescu's long through-ball cut the Barnsley defence wide open, allowing Vialli to let fly with a sensational 20-yard first-time half-volley for his first Premiership goal since March 12.
www.angelfire.com /ak/SocceR/Report.html   (641 words)

  
 Chelsea 1-0 Galatasaray
Dan Petrescu was the match-winner ten minutes into the second half, moving on to Chris Sutton's pass to fire home at the second attempt with his left foot after substitute goalkeeper Bolukbasi Mehmet parried his first effort.
This gave Chelsea new momentum and Petrescu narrowly failed to connect with a Gabriele Ambrosetti cross and then saw a header well saved.
Zola twice, substitute Gustavo Poyet and Petrescu again all failed narrowly before Zola struck a post with his own free-kick masterclass.
www.mychelseafc.com /reports/1999-2000/chelsea_10_galatasaray.htm   (593 words)

  
 blueandwhitearmy.net - Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The second came when Dan joined in the rest of the Romanian team in dying their hair a distinctive, but very unflattering, shade of blond.
As is usually the case Dan found himself somewhat isolated on the sidelines as Vialli, naturally, chose to start with the players he had purchased.
Dan, cheered on by vociferous support, had an excellent game being credited with assists for the first two goals before rounding off his performance by scoring the third goal.
chelsea.rivals.net /?sid=884&p=2&stid=8267109   (885 words)

  
 FROM Stamford Bridge to Stockholm; the blue flag flew high over Europe last night
As the Chelsea masses chorused their delight, swaying on the terraces in another echo of the Osgood era, the players and coaching staff embarked on some sustained revelry at the final whistle.
Dan Petrescu, dismissed late on, donned a straw hat and danced a jig with Roberto Di Matteo.
Petrescu, Di Matteo, Wise, Poyet (Newton 81); Flo (Zola 70), Vialli.
www.uri-geller.com /zola.htm   (857 words)

  
 CNN.com - Unpaid Petrescu quits Sportul post - Dec 10, 2004
Petrescu (left) won 95 caps for Romania during a long career
Petrescu has left Sportul Studentesc in 10th place in the 16-team championship 14 points behind leaders Steaua Bucharest at the halfway mark in the season.
Petrescu, who will be 37 in 12 days time, won 95 caps for Romania and spent seven years as a defender in England with Sheffield Wednesday, Chelsea, Bradford and Southampton.
www.cnn.com /2004/SPORT/football/12/10/romania.petrescu   (205 words)

  
 ESPNsoccernet.com - England - Mutu can be new Zola - Petrescu
Chelsea's £15.8 million man Adrian Mutu is revelling in the challenge of becoming the new Gianfranco Zola, his friend Dan Petrescu revealed today.
He was at Steaua Bucharest's Ghencea Stadium last night as the Romanian league leaders beat Southampton - another of Petrescu's former clubs - 1-0, reaching the second round of the UEFA Cup courtesy of a 2-1 aggregate scoreline.
Afterwards Petrescu, who finished his playing career at Southampton 18 months ago, said he remembers his five years at Stamford Bridge with huge affection.
soccernet.espn.go.com /headlinenews?id=280531&cc=5739   (328 words)

  
 ALTRINCHAM FC-BRADFORD CITY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The presence of newly-signed Dan Petrescu in the Bradford ranks brought a respectable crowd and a strong showing of the media, including Sky TV, to this friendly match at Moss Lane.
Dan Petrescu was having a quiet, but solid game at the back for Bradford but uninformed spectators would have been hard-pressed to single him out as the one World Cup star on display.
Petrescu then played a ball in to Rankin who, in turn, found Lee Sharpe who sliced his shot well wide.
www.lusa.u-net.com /altybrad.htm   (1581 words)

  
 Telegraph | Sport | Petrescu to the rescue as Hoddle prevails
A TACTICAL confrontation between two former England managerial associates went the way of Glenn Hoddle's Southampton, who maintained their impressive run of results at The Dell with a late winner from new boy Dan Petrescu.
Petrescu, in his first start for since moving south from Bradford City, added to Leicester's anxiety with a cross which forced Simon Royce to turn away Beattie's looping header.
Leicester were content to defend in numbers but their resolute rearguard was nearly unlocked after 32 minutes.
telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2001/01/31/sfgsou01.xml   (409 words)

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