Petru Șchiopu
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 April 1947[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Pecica, Romania[2] | ||
| Date of death | 10 October 2014 (aged 67)[3] | ||
| Place of death | Romania | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder[2] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1970 | UTA Arad | 97 | (18) |
| 1971–1973 | Bihor Oradea | 64 | (12) |
| 1973–1974 | Mureșul Deva | 25 | (10) |
| 1974–1976 | Corvinul Hunedoara | ||
| 1976–1977 | Mureșul Deva | ||
| 1977–1978 | Victoria Călan | ||
| 1978–1980 | Aurul Brad | ||
| 1980–1982 | UTA Arad | 33 | (7) |
| 1982–1983 | Strungul Arad | ||
| Total | 219 | (47) | |
| International career | |||
| 1967–1968 | Romania U23 | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Petru Șchiopu (28 April 1947 – 10 October 2014) was a Romanian football midfielder.[1][3][4]
Șchiopu was born on 28 April 1947 in Pecica, Romania.[1] He began playing football at UTA Arad, making his Divizia A debut on 2 May 1966 under the guidance of coach Nicolae Dumitrescu in a 1–1 draw against Știința Craiova.[1][5] On 9 November 1966 he scored a hat-trick in a 5–2 home win over rivals Politehnica Timișoara.[6] Under coach Dumitrescu, Șchiopu helped UTA win two consecutive titles in the 1968–69 and 1969–70 seasons.[1][3][7] In the first season, he contributed with six goals in 27 appearances and in the second he played 19 games, scoring two times.[1][7] He also played in two European Cup editions, making one appearance in each of them against Legia Warsaw and Red Star Belgrade respectively, UTA losing both games.[1][8]
In the middle of the 1970–71 season, Șchiopu left UTA to go play in Divizia B for Bihor Oradea which he helped earn promotion to the first league.[1] However, they were relegated after one season.[1] After spending one more season with Bihor, he went on to have several spells at Divizia B clubs, starting with one season at Mureșul Deva.[1] Then in 1975 he joined Corvinul Hunedoara where in his first season, Șchiopu netted a personal record of 15 goals and in the second he scored nine to help the club get promoted to the first league.[1] He stayed in second league football, returning to Deva for one year, afterwards moving to Victoria Călan and Aurul Brad.[1]
In 1980 he returned for a second spell at UTA, which was in Divizia B, scoring seven goals to help them gain promotion to the first league.[1] There, on 2 September 1981 he made his last Divizia A appearance, playing for The Old Lady in a 1–1 draw against Sportul Studențesc București, totaling 127 matches with 19 goals in the competition.[1] Șchiopu completely ended his career in 1983 after playing one more season in Divizia B for Strungul Arad.[1]