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Tomi Petrescu

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Tomi Petrescu
Personal information
Date of birth	June 24, 1986 (1986-06-24) (age 23)
Place of birth	Jyväskylä, Finland
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Tampere United
Number	10
Youth career
1995-2001 2001-2004	JJK Leicester City
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-2005 2005-2006 2007- 2008 2009-	Leicester City FC Inter Turku Tampere United → TPV (loan) → Ascoli Calcio 1898 (loan)	0001 0(0) 0044 (10) 0055 (13) 0001 0(0) 0002 0(0)
National team
2001-2003 2004-2008 2009	Finland U-17 Finland U-21 Finland	0025 0(?) 0007 0(2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Tomi Petrescu (born June 24, 1986) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a forward, he plays for Tampere United.

Contents [hide] 1 Career 2 International 3 Privates 4 External links 5 References

Career

Petrescu plays for the current Serie B, Ascoli Calcio 1898. Before he joined Ascoli he played for the Finnish club Tampere United and in the pastfor another Finnish Veikkausliiga-side, F.C. International Turku^[1]. He has also played for Leicester City F.C. in the English league, making just one appearance. 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.

International

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 for the Finland national football team on 5 February 2009^[2].

Privates

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