Petre Ivan

Petre Ivan (born 26 November 1946) is a Romanian former football left defender. He spent his entire professional career at Argeș Pitești, winning two league titles, being the team's captain at the second one.

Club career Ivan was born on 26 November 1946 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1967 at local club Dinamo. One year later he joined Argeș Pitești where on 11 August 1968 he made his Divizia A debut under coach Ion Bălănescu in a 2–0 away loss to Steaua București.

Ivan helped Argeș win its first Divizia A title in the 1971–72 season, being used by coaches Titus Ozon and Florin Halagian in 29 games. He made his debut in European competitions in the 1972–73 European Cup, eliminating Aris Bonnevoie in the first round, then in the following one they won a home game with 2–1 against Real Madrid, but lost the second leg with 3–1.

He played four games in the 1978–79 UEFA Cup when he helped the team eliminate Panathinaikos in the first round. In the following one they met Valencia led by Mario Kempes, earning a 2–1 win in the first leg, but they lost the second one with 5–2, thus the campaign ended. In the same season, he was the team's captain in front of star Nicolae Dobrin, being used by coach Halagian in 34 games in which he scored once, helping Argeș win its second league title. Ivan's last Divizia A appearance took place on 11 May 1980 in a 0–0 draw against Universitatea Cluj, totaling 335 matches with four goals in the competition and 13 games in European competitions. His second game was a 1–1 draw against Cyprus in the Euro 1980 qualifiers.

Honours Argeș Pitești Divizia A: 1971–72, 1978–79