Gheorghe Petrescu (born 28 February 1919) was a

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n football defender. He played 23 from a total of 24 matches of the 1940–41 season, in which Unirea Tricolor won the championship.

International career

Gheorghe Petrescu played two games for

, making his debut under coach

Iuliu Baratky Gyula Barátky ( ro, Iuliu Baratky; 14 May 1910 – 14 April 1962) was an ethnic Hungarian football player who represented both Hungary and Romania internationally. His preferred position was the half right. He played a total of 155 games in ...

at the 1948 Balkan Cup in a 3–2 victory against

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. His second game was also at the 1948 Balkan Cup, playing in a 2–1 victory against

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

Honours

Unirea Tricolor București *

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: 1940–41 *

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: 1938–39 *

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

runner-up: 1935–36, 1940–41

References

External links

Gheorghe Petrescu player profile
at Labtof.ro 1919 births Romanian footballers Romania international footballers Association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players Unirea Tricolor București players FC Petrolul Ploiești players Year of death missing {{Romania-footy-defender-stub