Roman Pets

Roman Petz (born 21 June 1969) is a retired Ukrainian football (soccer) player. He has played for Metalist Kharkiv in Ukraine and Maccabi Haifa FC in Israel.[1]

Roman Petz
Personal information
Full name Roman Petz
Date of birth (1969-06-21) 21 June 1969
Place of birth Russian SFSR
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 FC Metalist Kharkiv (81) ((2))
1993–1995 Maccabi Haifa FC (54) ((1))
1996–1997 Hapoel Tsafririm Holon (42) ((0))
1997–1998 Chernomorets Odessa (24) ((0))
1998–2004 FC Metalist Kharkiv (119) ((6))
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Professional career

Petz began playing football at the age of 9 at a sports boarding school in the city of Kharkiv. At first, his coaches assigned him the role of striker, but after failing to do so he was switched to play as a central defender.

In 1990 he moved to the Metalist Kharkiv, playing in the Soviet Premier League and then the Ukrainian Premier League. In 1993, Petz came to Israel and signed with Maccabi Haifa FC. Petz is best remembered for his 25-yard goal against the FC Torpedo Moscow in the Holders' Cup.

He has played a major role during the 1993–94 season helping Maccabi Haifa FC go on and win the Israeli Premier League championship without losing a single game. Towards the end of the season, during a game against Maccabi Tel Aviv, he was controversially fouled by Meir Malika and broke his ankle, After a long absence, he returned to play but did not reach his pre-injury level. In the 1995/1996 season, he was loaned to Hapoel Tsafririm Holon, until 1997 until he finally left Israel.

In 1997, he returned to Ukraine, first to Chernomorets Odessa and then to Metalist Kharkiv where he ended his career as a player in 2004.

Honours

As player

Maccabi Haifa FC

Notes
  1. "Sam Wallace: Who is Avram Grant? From the Special One to an Unknown One". The Independent. 21 September 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2012.


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