Petre Mândru

{{Short description|Romanian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Petre Mândru

| image = Petre Mîndru 1963 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Mândru with Progresul București

| image_size = 200

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|09|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Craiova, Romania

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.78 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1955

| youthclubs1 = Știința București

| years1 = 1955–1969| clubs1 = Progresul București{{efn|name="PRO"|The statistics for the 1957 unofficial championship called Cupa Primăverii are not taken into consideration.{{RomanianSoccer|1133/petre-mandru}}}}| caps1 = 208 |goals1 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1960–1964| nationalteam1 = Romania{{efn|name="ROM"|Including 3 appearances for Romania's Olympic team.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=14086|title=Petre Mândru|publisher=European Football|access-date=26 January 2021}}{{NFT|37650}}}}| nationalcaps1 = 5| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1971–1973 | managerclubs1 = RC Kouba

| manageryears2 = 1973–1974 | managerclubs2 = JS Kabylie

| manageryears3 = 1975–1976 | managerclubs3 = Raja Casablanca

| manageryears4 = 1976–1977 | managerclubs4 = CODM Meknès

| manageryears5 = 1978–1980 | managerclubs5 = Québec XI

| manageryears6 = 1981–1983 | managerclubs6 = Montreal Manic (assistant)

| manageryears7 = 1984–1986 | managerclubs7 = Montreal Elio Blues

| manageryears8 = 1986–1989 | managerclubs8 = Hassania Agadir

| manageryears9 = 1989–1990 | managerclubs9 = Montreal Supra

| manageryears10 = 1990–1991 | managerclubs10 = Hassania Agadir

| manageryears11 = 1991–1992 | managerclubs11 = Montreal Supra

| manageryears12 = 1993 | managerclubs12 = Montreal Impact (assistant)

| manageryears13 = 1995 | managerclubs13 = New Hampshire Ramblers

| manageryears14 = 1999–2000 | managerclubs14 = Montreal Impact (assistant)

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Petre Mândru (born 13 September 1935), also known as Pierre Mindru, is a Romanian former football goalkeeper.

He played two games for Romania under head coach Augustin Botescu at the 1960 European Nations' Cup quarter-finals where they were defeated by Czechoslovakia, who advanced to the final tournament.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=13012|title=Romania 0-2 Czechoslovakia|publisher=European Football|access-date=9 November 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=13014|title=Czechoslovakia 3-0 Romania|publisher=European Football|access-date=9 November 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/60e-full.html|title= European Championship 1960 (Details)|date=6 April 2011|website=RSSSF|access-date=21 March 2013}} He spent his entire professional career with Progresul București, where he made over 200 league appearances.

After his playing days ended, Mândru became a coach and managed several Algerian and Moroccan clubs. He also managed clubs in Canada and the United States and was Eddie Firmani's assistant head coach at Montreal Manic in the NASL.{{cite web|url=http://www.rds.ca/pierre-mindru-avec-l-impact-l-ancien-entraineur-chef-du-fc-supra-de-montreal-pierre-mindru-1.429467|title=Pierre Mindru avec l'Impact L'ancien entraineur-chef du FC Supra de Montréal |work=Réseau des sports|language=French|date=17 September 1999|access-date=21 March 2013}}

His son Christian Mindru was also a goalkeeper who played for the Montreal Impact in the 1990s.{{cite web|url=https://www.impactmontreal.com/en/history/players?joueur=Mindru_Christian|title=Christian Mîndru|publisher=Impactmontreal.com|access-date=9 November 2019}}

Mândru ran a soccer school in the Montreal area, which lasted from 1984 to 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.can1business.com/company/Dissolved/Ecole-De-Soccer-Pierre-Mindru-Inc|title= École de Soccer Pierre Mindru Inc|publisher=can1business.com|date=|access-date=21 March 2013}}