Player · Romania · Defender

Dan Petrescu

Goals from 5 Dec 1990 to 22 Jun 1998

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Caps: 9
Starts: 9
Minutes: 826
Win % when playing: 55.6%
Goals: 8
Matches scored in: 8
Penalties: 0
Hat-tricks: 0
For their side: 19th of 187
Yellow cards: 3
Sent off: 0
Longest gap: 3.6 yrs
Minutes per goal: 413

Goals by year

FinalsQualifiers

199019911992199319941995199619971998

Tallest: 2 · Year

When they scored

By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.

1–15′16–30′31–45′46–60′61–75′76–90′ET

Tallest: 3 · Minute

What the goals did

Extended lead6

Winning goal2

Romania with and without them

Romania's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.


With them	9	5	2	2	14	12	55.6%
Without them	0	0	0	0	0	0	—

Played most alongside10


Dorinel Munteanu	9
Gheorghe Hagi	9
Gheorghe Popescu	9
Bogdan Stelea	6
Constantin Gâlcă	6
Ilie Dumitrescu	6
Daniel Prodan	5
Ioan Lupescu	5
Miodrag Belodedici	5
Adrian Ilie	4

Faced most10


Adolfo Valencia	Colombia	2
Carlos Valderrama	Colombia	2
Faustino Asprilla	Colombia	2
Freddy Rincón	Colombia	2
Abel Balbo	Argentina	1
Adel Sellimi	Tunisia	1
Adrian Knup	Switzerland	1
Alain Geiger	Switzerland	1
Alain Sutter	Switzerland	1
Alan Shearer	England	1

Against7


Iceland	2	2
Azerbaijan	1	1
England	1	1
Liechtenstein	1	1
Lithuania	1	1
San Marino	1	1
United States	1	1

At tournaments6

Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.


FIFA World Cup 1998	1	1
FIFA World Cup qualification 1997	2	2
FIFA World Cup qualification 1996	2	2
UEFA Euro qualification 1994	1	1
FIFA World Cup 1994	1	1
UEFA Euro qualification 1990	1	1

Every goal8


22 Jun 1998	v England	2–1	90′	—	Winning goal	2–1	FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage
10 Sep 1997	v Iceland	4–0	41′	—	Extended lead	2–0	FIFA World Cup qualification 1997
29 Mar 1997	v Liechtenstein	8–0	48′	—	Extended lead	5–0	FIFA World Cup qualification 1997
9 Oct 1996	v Iceland	4–0	81′	—	Extended lead	4–0	FIFA World Cup qualification 1996
31 Aug 1996	v Lithuania	3–0	65′	—	Extended lead	2–0	FIFA World Cup qualification 1996
7 Sep 1994	v Azerbaijan	3–0	57′	—	Extended lead	2–0	UEFA Euro qualification 1994
26 Jun 1994	v United States	1–0	18′	—	Winning goal	1–0	FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage
5 Dec 1990	v San Marino	6–0	85′	—	Extended lead	6–0	UEFA Euro qualification 1990

Every match on record15

In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.


30 Jun 1998	v Croatia	0–1	started, off 76′	76	—	Yellow	FIFA World Cup 1998 · Round of 16
26 Jun 1998	v Tunisia	1–1	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage
22 Jun 1998	v England	2–1	started	90	1	—	FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage
15 Jun 1998	v Colombia	1–0	started	90	—	Yellow	FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage
10 Sep 1997	v Iceland	4–0	—	—	1	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 1997
29 Mar 1997	v Liechtenstein	8–0	—	—	1	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 1997
9 Oct 1996	v Iceland	4–0	—	—	1	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 1996
31 Aug 1996	v Lithuania	3–0	—	—	1	—	FIFA World Cup qualification 1996
7 Sep 1994	v Azerbaijan	3–0	—	—	1	—	UEFA Euro qualification 1994
10 Jul 1994	v Sweden	2–2	started	120	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1994 · Quarter-final
3 Jul 1994	v Argentina	3–2	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1994 · Round of 16
26 Jun 1994	v United States	1–0	started	90	1	Yellow	FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage
22 Jun 1994	v Switzerland	1–4	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage
18 Jun 1994	v Colombia	3–1	started	90	—	—	FIFA World Cup 1994 · Group stage
5 Dec 1990	v San Marino	6–0	—	—	1	—	UEFA Euro qualification 1990

Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.