competition in which he has a total of 278 matches played and 46 goals scored. International career Petre played 54 games and scored 6 goals for Romania, making his debut under coach Victor Pițurcă on 19 August 1998 in a friendly which ended 0–0 against Norway. He played 8 games and scored one goal in a 2–1 victory against Greece at the successful Euro 2000 qualifiers. He was used by coach Emerich Jenei in two games at the Euro 2000 final tournament, in the first one he came as a substitute and replaced Dan Petrescu in the 64th minute of the 1–0 loss against Portugal in the group stage and in the second one he played the whole game in the quarterfinal lost with 2–0 against Italy. Petre played one game at the 2002 World Cup qualifiers and nine games in which he scored one goal in a 2–1 victory against Finland at the 2006 World Cup qualifiers. He played 7 games and scored one goal in a 2–0 victory against Luxembourg at the successful Euro 2008 qualifiers. He was used by coach Victor Pițurcă in two games in the group stage at the Euro 2008 final tournament, in the first one which was a 1–1 against Italy he played as a starter until the 59th minute when he was replaced by Bănel Nicoliță and in the second one he came as a substitute and replaced Bănel Nicoliță in the 2–0 loss against Netherlands. Petre played one game and scored one goal in a 2–2 against France at the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, making his last appearance for the national team in a friendly which ended with a 2–1 loss against Croatia. On 25 March 2008, he was decorated by the president of Romania, Traian Băsescu, for his performance in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group G, where Romania managed to qualify to UEFA Euro 2008 Group C. He received Medalia "Meritul Sportiv" – ("The Sportive Merit" Medal) class III. International goals Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Petre goal. Managerial career Petre started his managerial career in February 2012 as Marin Ion's assistant coach at Dinamo II București, moving in the second half of the 2012–13 Liga I season as Cornel Țălnar's assistant at Dinamo București's first team. He had his first experience as head coach in 2015 at Dinamo II