Career
He can play in various positions but he is mostly used a defensive midfielder. Many consider him a veritable talent, however numerous knee injures affected his career. Football Club National (1999-1903)
Petre began his professional career at Football Club National Bucharest during the 1999-1900 season, making his first team debut in a 3–2 defeat to Rapid Bucureşti on 22 April 2000.
The first two seasons spent at Football Club National did not brought him many professional successes, making only ten appearances.
In the 2001-2002 season Football Club National were so close to winning the championship. Petre improved his performances and became an essential player for his team
Galatasaray (2003-2005)
In 2003 he was transferred to Galatasaray. The Turkish team paid 1 million € for the midfielder.
He made his Süper Lig debut on 13 September 2003 in a 1–0 loss against Konyaspor.
He played 4 matches with Galatasaray in the season 2003-2004 in Union of European Football Associations Champions League. After almost two seasons at Galatasaray, Petre did not confirm his skills and he was transferred at the middle of the 2004-2005 season to FCU Politehnica Timişoara. Poli Timișoara (2005-2006)
After one season spent at Football Club Timişoara, the coach that properly launched Ovidiu Petre"s career, Cosmin Olăroiu, left Poli and signed a contract with Steaua Bucureşti.
Petre proved he"s not mature yet and he made public his intentions to cancel his contract with Poli in order to play for the new team of his favourite coach.
After many negotiations Petre got his transfer to Steaua in the beginning of the 2006-2007 season. Steaua București (2006-2010)
In August 2006, however, he signed a 5-year contract with Steaua Bucureşti for a fee of € 1.000.000, joining his former manager Cosmin Olăroiu once again.
He made his debut for Steaua on 9 September 2006 in the victory against Football Club Argeş with 1–0. After that game the championship title was still a hope for Steaua, getting behind with 9 points of the leader, CFR Cluj.
His first goal in the Union of European Football Associations Champions League was against Football Club Sevilla, even though he scored Steaua lost the match with 1–2.
On August 2008, Italian club Air Corps Torino showed interest to the defensive midfielder. Steaua owner, Gigi Becali, has lowered the possible transfer fee down to € 7,8 million. On 21 October 2008, he scored his second Champions League goal against Olympique Lyonnais.
First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Nassr (2010-2011)
On 18 June 2010, Petre signed a one-year renewable contract with First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Nassr of Saudi Arabia for $1.500.000 to be the last foreign player added to Walter Zenga"s squad.
Modena Football Club (2011-2012)
After the contract with First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Nassr ended, Petre took an offer to join Italian Serie B side Modena. lieutenant was confirmed that he would sign a one-year contract on 26 July 2011.
Petre earned 23 caps for Romania and scored one goal. International goals
He is not related to Ciprian Petre.