Ioan Petcu (born 1 May 1959, in

Hunedoara Hunedoara (; german: Eisenmarkt; hu, Vajdahunyad ) is a municipiu, city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in southwestern Transylvania near the Poiana Ruscă Mountains, and administers five villages: Boș (''Bós''), Groș ...

) is a retired

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

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who played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. After his retirement, Petcu started the manager career and from 1995 to 2012 he coached teams like

Corvinul Hunedoara Clubul Sportiv Corvinul 1921 Hunedoara, commonly known as Corvinul Hunedoara or simply as Corvinul, is a Romanian football club based in Hunedoara, Hunedoara County, currently playing in the Liga III. Founded in 1921 under the name of ''Fero Spo ...

, Unirea Sânnicolau Mare, Bihor Oradea,

FC Hunedoara Clubul Sportiv Corvinul 1921 Hunedoara, commonly known as Corvinul Hunedoara or simply as Corvinul, is a Romanian football club based in Hunedoara, Hunedoara County, currently playing in the Liga III. Founded in 1921 under the name of ''Fero Spor ...

Mureșul Deva Club Sportiv Municipal Deva, commonly known as CSM Deva, is a Romanian professional football club based in Deva, Hunedoara County. The club was originally established in 1921 under the name of ''Mureșul Deva'' and since 1964 was a constant pr ...

. He also promoted to

Liga II The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...

with Unirea Sânnicolau Mare, the best performance in the history of this club. After 2012 he was the vice-president of

. From June 2018 he is the manager of

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

side

Cetate Deva Club Sportiv Municipal Deva, commonly known as CSM Deva, is a Romanian professional football club based in Deva, Hunedoara County. The club was originally established in 1921 under the name of ''Mureșul Deva'' and since 1964 was a constant pres ...

Honours

;Corvinul Hunedoara *

: 1979–80

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* * 1959 births Living people Sportspeople from Hunedoara Romanian footballers Romania international footballers Association football midfielders Liga I players Liga II players CS Corvinul Hunedoara players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Diósgyőri VTK players Romanian expatriate footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate footballers in Hungary Romanian football managers FC Bihor Oradea managers CS Corvinul Hunedoara managers CSM Deva managers {{Romania-footy-bio-stub