Tomi Petrescu

Tomi Petrescu

Personal information
Date of birth	(1986-06-24) 24 June 1986
Place of birth	Jyväskylä, Finland
Height
Position(s)	Winger / Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Ilves
Number	10
Youth career
1995–2001	JJK
2001–2004	Leicester City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2005	Leicester City	1	(0)
2005–2006	Inter Turku	44	(10)
2007–2010	Tampere United	76	(15)
2009	→ Ascoli	2	(0)
2011	Panthrakikos	1	(0)
2011–2012	FC Honka	32	(2)
2013	FC Haka	15	(6)
2013	CSMS Iași	5	(0)
2014–	Ilves	48	(9)
International career‡
2001–2003	Finland U-17	25	(2)
2004–2008	Finland U-21	7	(2)
Medal record Tampere United Winner Finnish Cup 2007 Winner Veikkausliiga 2007 Winner Finnish League Cup 2009 Runner-up Finnish Cup 2009 Honka Winner Finnish League Cup 2011 Winner Finnish Cup 2012 Ilves Finnish 1st Division 2014
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 October 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2014

Tomi Petrescu (born 24 June 1986), is a Finnish professional football winger and attacking midfielder who plays for Finnish Veikkausliiga side Ilves and has represented Finland national under-21 football team. Petrescu was born in Jyväskylä, Finland where he played for the local JJK youth team before moving to Leicester City F.C.

Club career

Early career

Petrescu´s career began in the junior organisation of JJK Jyväskylä. In 2001 he moved to Leicester´s youth academy. In Leicester he represented the academy team and the reserves. He made one appearance in the first team on 4 May 2003 in a match against Wolverhampton Wanderers. When he failed to make a break through he terminated his contract in the end of 2004.

Inter Turku

For season 2005 Petrescu joined Veikkausliiga team Inter Turku. where he quickly established his place in the midfield and scored seven goals during the season. During season 2006 he gained 20 caps and scored three goals.

Tampere United

In December 2006 Petrescu signed a two-year contract with Tampere United. He stated that his main reason to join Tampere United was coach Ari Hjelm. Season 2007 was a true break through for Petrescu to the elite of Veikkausliiga. He was one of the key players that led the team two a second consecutive championship. During the second qualifying round of the 2007/2008 Champions League edition, Petrescu scored a goal to help Tampere secure a prestigious 1:0 win against Bulgarian champions Levski Sofia in their home game. Tampere repeated the feat in the away game and became the first Finnish side to eliminate a Bulgarian club from the high profile competition. However, the Finns were unable to qualify for the group stages of the Champions League, as they were eliminated by Norwegian side Rosenborg BK in the third qualifying round.

In 2007 he was selected as the best footballer of Pirkanmaa.

He was loaned to Italian Ascoli for the spring of 2009. In Ascoli he made his first appearance on 7 March in a match against Grosseto.

Panthrakikos

In January 2011 Petrescu joined Greek side Panthrakikos on a 1,5 years contract. He made just one appearance in the first team.

Honka

Petrescu represented seasons 2011-12 FC Honka in the Veikkausliiga. He gained 32 caps and scored two goals.

Haka

Petrescu transferred to FC Haka for the season 2013. During the fall of 2013 he made a short spell in Romanian first division side CSM Studențesc Iași.

Ilves

After season 2013 he moved on to Ilves on a three-year contract.

International career

Petrescu became well known after playing in the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship, which were held in Finland where he scored two of three goals of Finland. He scored a goal in the opening game against China in the tournament. He was nominated as candidate by head coach Markku Kanerva for the Finland U-21 team for the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship finals but he suffered an injury one month prior to the tournament and was forced to withdraw.

Personal life

Petrescu's father is Romanian and he has got an older brother, Stefan Petrescu, who also plays football.

Honours

Club

Tampere United

• Veikkausliiga: 2007
• Finnish Cup: 2007
• Finnish League Cup: 2009

Honka

• Finnish Cup: 2012
• Finnish League Cup: 2011

Career statistics

Club

As of 2 April 2015

Club	Season	Division	League		Domestic Cups		Europe		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Inter Turku
	2005	Veikkausliiga	24	7	0	0	0	0	24	7
	2006	Veikkausliiga	20	3	0	0	0	0	20	3
Inter Turku Total			44	10	0	0	0	0	44	10
Tampere United
	2007	Veikkausliiga	24	6	0	0	6	2	30	8
	2008	Veikkausliiga	19	4	0	0	2	0	21	4
Ascoli
	2008-09	Serie B	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Ascoli Total			2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Tampere United
	2009	Veikkausliiga	13	3	0	0	0	0	13	3
	2010	Veikkausliiga	20	2	5	0	0	0	25	2
Tampere United Total			76	15	5	0	8	2	89	17
Panthrakikos
	2010-11	Football League	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Panthrakikos Total			1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Honka
	2011	Veikkausliiga	11	2	0	0	0	0	24	7
	2012	Veikkausliiga	21	0	7	0	0	0	21	0
Honka Total			32	2	7	0	0	0	39	2
Haka
	2012	Ykkönen	10	2	2	1	0	0	12	3
Haka Total			10	2	2	1	0	0	12	3
CSM Iași
	2013-14	Liga II	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
CSM Iași Total			5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Ilves
	2014	Ykkönen	21	4	0	0	0	0	21	4
	2015	Veikkausliiga	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	2
Ilves Total			21	4	2	2	0	0	23	6
Career Total			191	33	14	3	8	2	213	38

External links

• Tomi Petrescu at CSM Studențesc Iași (Romanian)
• Tomi Petrescu – FIFA competition record
• Tomi Petrescu at Soccerway
• Veikkausliigan stats

• http://www.ksml.fi/uutiset/urheilu/tomi-petrescu-ja-viisi-kysymysmerkki%C3%A4/18169
• http://www.ilvesedustus.com/uutiset.html?244
• http://nr.soccerway.com/players/tomi-petrescu/77679/