
Ovidiu Petre was born on March 22 , 1982 in Bucharest, Romania. He is a famous Romanian football player.
Biography and Career:
His professional career began in 1999 when he signed for FC National Bucharest.
Ovidiu Petre made his first appearance in the First Romanian Division(Divizia A) in 2000, when he was only 18 years old, while he was playing for Fc National in a match versus Rapid Bucharest. Fc National lost that match with 2:3, but discovered a fabulous player, Ovidiu Petre.
The first 2 seasons spent at FC National didn’t brought him many professional successes, he played 10 games in 2 seasons.
In 2001-2002 FC National was so close to win the internal competition. Ovidiu Petre improved his performances and became an essential player for his team
In 2003 he was
transferred to Galatasaray Istanbul. The Turkish team paid 1 million euro for Petre, a fabulous sum for a soccer player from Romania.
His first game in Super Lig (the First Turkish Division) was on the 13th of September 2003 against Konyaspor Kulübü and his team lost with 0-1.
After a season and a half spent at Galatasaray, Petre didn't confirm his skills and he was transferred at the middle of the season 2004-2005 to FCU Poli Timisoara.
After 3 seasons spent at Poli Timisoara, the coach that properly lunched Ovidiu Petre's career,
Cosmin Olaroiu, left Poli and signed a contract with Steaua Bucharest. Petre proved he’s not mature yet and he made public his intentions to cancel his contract with Poli in order to play for the new team of his favourite coach.
After many negotiations Petre got his transfer to Steaua in the season 2006-2007.
In the European Cups, Ovidiu Petre played in UEFA Cup with FC National Bucharest(6 games) and with Galatasaray Istanbul in the season 2003-2004 (4 games) in Uefa Champions League.
Performances:
- He scored 2 goals in 57 matches in the First League
- He scored 1 goal in 22 matches in Super Ligue
- He played 12 matches in the European Cups
- He played 13 matches for the National Team of Romania and he scored 1 goal
Quotes:
- "I've had a couple of bad experiences until now, I wasn't really mature in my performances, but I'm still very young and I'm sure I‘ll manage to prove I'm a valuable soccer player after all."
Short Facts:
Birth Place: Bucharest
Height: 188 cm
Weight: 74 kg
Position: central defensive midfield
External Links:
Ovidiu Petre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
UEFA Champions League - Ovidiu Petre
Google Images of Ovidiu Petre