Mircea Viorel Petescu (15 May 1942 – 16 December 2018)[3] was a Romanian professional footballer, coach and sports agent.

[5][6][7] In 1963, Petescu moved to Steaua București, whom he helped win two Cupa României in his four seasons at the club, coach Ilie Savu using him in only one of the finals, the one from 1966 when he played the whole match in the 4–0 over his former side, UTA.

[5][6] The following year, Petescu played eight games in the 1971–72 UEFA Cup campaign as UTA reached the quarter-finals, where they were eliminated by eventual champions Tottenham Hotspur.

[5][6][7][8] Petescu played two games for Romania, making his debut on 27 October 1968 under coach Angelo Niculescu in a 3–0 loss against Portugal in the 1970 World Cup qualifiers.

[7][8] He also worked on the transfers of Gheorghe Popescu to PSV Eindhoven, Ioan Sabău to Feyenoord and Dorinel Munteanu to Cercle Brugge.