Petru Țurcaș
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 May 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Timișoara, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Politehnica Timișoara (W) (GK Coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Politehnica Timișoara | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1994 | Politehnica Timișoara | 1 | (0) |
| 1994 | CFR Timișoara | 6 | (0) |
| 1994–1997 | Politehnica Timișoara | 37 | (0) |
| 1998–2002 | Gloria Bistrița | 6 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Unirea Alba Iulia | 34 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | CFR Cluj | 25 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | Gloria Bistrița | 2 | (0) |
| 2011 | ACS Recaș | ||
| 2012–2013 | Millenium Giarmata | ||
| Total | 111 | (0) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1992 | Romania U16 | ||
| 1993 | Romania U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 1996 | Romania U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 1996 | Romania U23 | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2014 | ACS Poli Timișoara (GK Coach) | ||
| 2016–2018 | ACS Poli Timișoara (GK Coach) | ||
| 2019–2021 | Politehnica Timișoara (GK Coach) | ||
| 2021– | Politehnica Timișoara (W) (GK Coach) | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 September 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 March 2010 | |||
Petru Țurcaș (born 16 May 1976, in Timișoara) is a retired Romanian footballer.
Club career
Țurcaș was born on 16 May 1976 in Timișoara, Romania, starting to play junior level football at local club, Politehnica.[1] On 6 April 1994 he made his Divizia A debut in Politehnica's 6–3 away loss to Oțelul Galați.[1][2][3][4] The team relegated to Divizia B at the end of his first season, going for the first half of the 1994–95 Divizia B season at CFR Timișoara, then returning to Politehnica which he helped promote back to the first division.[1][3] The White-Purples relegated once against at the end of the 1996–97 season.[1] He went at Gloria Bistrița where he stayed about three years, playing rarely.[1][2][3] In 2002, Țurcaș switched teams again, going at second league side, Unirea Alba Iulia which he helped earn promotion to the first league at the end of the 2002–03 season.[1]
In the middle of the 2004–05 season he left Alba Iulia to go to CFR Cluj.[1][3] Under the guidance of coach Dorinel Munteanu he played nine games in the 2005 Intertoto Cup campaign as CFR got past Vėtra, Athletic Bilbao, Saint-Étienne and Žalgiris, reaching the final where they were defeated 4–2 on aggregate by Lens in which he scored once.[1][3][5][6] In 2008 he returned at Gloria Bistrița where on 22 May 2010 he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 2–1 away loss to Rapid București, having a total of 70 matches in the competition.[1][2][3] Țurcaș ended his career in 2013 after spending the last years of his career at ACS Recaș and Millenium Giarmata in the third league.[1][4][7]
International career
Țurcaș played for Romania's under-16 national team at the 1992 European Under-16 Championship under the guidance of coach Marcel Pigulea.[8]
Between 1993 and 1996 he made several appearances for Romania's under-18, under-21 and under-23 squads.[9]
Honours
Politehnica Timișoara
Unirea Alba Iulia
CFR Cluj
- Intertoto Cup runner-up: 2005[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Petru Țurcaș at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ a b c "Petru Țurcaș și-a reziliat contractul cu Gloria Bistrița" [Petru Țurcaș terminated his contract with Gloria Bistrița] (in Romanian). Mediafax.ro. 24 January 2011. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f "Fostul portar al CFR-ului, Petru Țurcaș, dorit de Arieșul Turda" [Former CFR goalkeeper, Petru Țurcaș, wanted by Ariesul Turda] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 9 December 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Cu rezultate și dorit de copii, Țurcaș, "sărit" de clubul său" [With results and wanted by the kids, Țurcaș, "jumped" by his club] (in Romanian). Sporttim.ro. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Reperele lui CFR Cluj, echipa care în 2000 era ca şi desființată, iar acum domină fotbalul românesc" [The landmarks of CFR Cluj, the team that in 2000 was almost disbanded, and now dominates Romanian football] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Nu-i totul pierdut" [Not all is lost] (in Romanian). Gds.ro. 11 August 2005. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
"Petru Țurcaș. Intertoto Cup 2005/2006". WorldFootball. Retrieved 13 April 2025. - ^ "Petru Țurcaș a semnat pe doi ani și jumătate cu Recașul!" [Petru Țurcaș signed a two and a half year contract with Recaș!] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Romania U17 - Nederland U17". Onsoranje.nl. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Petru Țurcaș profile". 11v11. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
External links
- Petru Țurcaș at WorldFootball.net
- Petru Țurcaș at Soccerway