Dacia Unirea Braila

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A busy, pacy right-winger, Florentin Petre is a survivor from Romania's last major tournament, UEFA EURO 2000. Capped for the 50th time earlier this year, the diminutive 32-year-old is a particularly useful asset on the counterattack. He has just won the Bulgarian championship with PFC CSKA Sofia.

Spent virtually all of his career with FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti until his move to CSKA Sofia in 2006.

Returned from a loan at FCM UTA Arad in 1995 and spent the next eleven seasons at Dinamo, winning three league titles and four national cups; also represented the club in seven UEFA Cup campaigns.

Came to the fore at international level in the UEFA EURO 2000 qualifying tournament under Victor Piţurcă; just one start (in the quarter-final v Italy) under Emeric Ienei at finals.

Career brought to an 18-month halt in autumn 2000 after he contracted hepatitis C; no caps for three years, missing the whole of the UEFA EURO 2004 qualifying campaign.

Re-established presence in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and made nine appearances on the road to Austria and Switzerland.

Did you know?

Petre won a hat-trick of Romanian Cups with Dinamo Bucureşti from 2003 to 2005. He played in all three finals.