page_title: Dan Petrescu
section_title: Kuban Krasnodar
hierarchical_section_title: Dan Petrescu / Managerial career / Kuban Krasnodar
caption_attribution_description: English: Dan Petrescu coaching FC Dynamo Moscow.
context_page_description: Daniel Vasile Petrescu is a Romanian football manager and former footballer who played as a full back or a winger. He is currently the manager of Liga I club CFR Cluj, with which he won three successive league titles.
  Petrescu is best known for playing in the 1989 European Cup final for Steaua București and claiming the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1998 with English side Chelsea. He earned 95 caps for the Romania national team, and was selected in two World Cup squads, in 1994 and 1998, as well as in two European Championships, in 1996 and 2000.
  Petrescu became an assistant to Walter Zenga at Național București towards the end of his playing career, and his first manager role was at Sportul Studențesc, which he led to Liga I promotion. In addition to his native country, he has since coached in Poland, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and China.
context_section_description: On 28 December 2009, Russian First Division club Kuban Krasnodar hired Petrescu on a five-year contract. Petrescu managed to gain promotion to the Russian Premier League in his debut season, winning the 2010 Russian First Division with a total of 80 points, nine clear of second place. His team conceded only 20 goals in 38 matches.
  On 14 August 2012, it was announced that Petrescu had resigned as Kuban Krasnodar manager, citing the need for a new challenge. His resignation shocked the players and fans. After his resignation, Petrescu was regarded as one of the best young coaches working in Russian football. Kuban later participated in the UEFA Europa League for the first time.
caption: Petrescu as Dynamo Moscow manager in 2012
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