AFC Champions League
The 55-year-old replaces Kim Sang-sik after the ex-Korea Republic international defender left by mutual consent following a poor start to the new season, which has left Jeonbuk in seventh place in the 12-team standings.
Petrescu, who joins the eight-time K-League champions from CFR Cluj in his native Romania, will be unveiled at a press conference on Wednesday.
He has been involved in four of CFR Cluj’s Romanian league title wins from the 2017-18 season having also claimed the domestic crown in 2008-09 during a stint with Unirea Urziceni. Petrescu previously guided Jiangsu Suning to the 2015 Chinese FA Cup.
Petrescu has also worked in Qatar with Al Arabi and in the United Arab Emirates with Al Nasr as well as China’s Guizhou Hengfeng.
Jeonbuk will feature in the upcoming edition of the AFC Champions League after the club qualified for the continental championship for a 16th time after winning the Korean FA Cup and finishing as runners-up behind Ulsan Hyundai in last year’s K-League standings.
Photo: AFP
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