Career
His nickname was Peci. He could play in any position on the pitch, he was even goalkeeper once. Petschovschi played 273 games in Divizia A, scoring a massive 86 goals.
Petschovschi made his debut in Divizia A at the age of 16, as player of Chinezul Timişoara.
Petschovschi played in the Hungarian Football Championship between 1941 and 1944 under the name of József Perényi, winning the Hungarian title with, and played three times for Hungarian national team His fame was such that in 1946 a Hungarian football player tried, and even did so for a short while, to steal Petschovschi"s identity, when he recommenced himself as the real Petschovschi in order to sign a contract with Remote Control Strasbourg of France.
Petschovski was suspended in October 1947 for a period of three months because before an international game between Romania and Poland he bet on the Polish team In 1952 he became the first football player to receive the title of Master of Sport.
He was also the first Romanian football player to be called to play for a World Team alongside the biggest names of football.
In 1952 he moved to Steaua Bucureşti for three years, before returning to Arad to play for Utah Arad until 1961 when he retired from professional football. Petschovschi coached Utah Arad during the 1962-1963 season. His former club, Utah Arad raised him a statue, which can be found at the main entrance of the UTA Stadium.