Ioan Petcu

Ioan Petcu (born 1 May 1959) is a Romanian footballer manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Club career Petcu was born on 1 May 1959 in Hunedoara, Romania. When he was aged 14, his football talent was noticed by coach Dumitru Pătrașcu who brought him to Corvinul Hunedoara. In the 1985–86 season as coach Ion Ionescu promoted an offensive style of play, Petcu managed to score a personal record of 20 goals. He made his Nemzeti Bajnokság I debut on 25 August 1991 under coach Ladislau Vlad in a 2–0 home loss to Siófok. Petcu scored his first goal for them on 20 September when he opened the score in a 2–1 away loss to BVSC. On 3 May 1992 he netted a double in a 2–0 win over Videoton. His following game was a friendly which took place on 2 March 1986 and ended with a 1–0 win over Egypt. He managed to gain promotion to Liga II with Unirea Sânnicolau Mare in the 2007–08 season.

Honours Player Corvinul Hunedoara Divizia B: 1979–80 Manager Unirea Sânnicolau Mare Liga III: 2007–08