Peter Ianusevici (Romanian: Petre Ianusevici; born 17 May 1950 in Sibiu)[1] is a retired Romanian rugby union international[2] and former coach of the Romanian and the German national rugby union team.
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Ianusevici played for CSM Sibiu, Știința Cluj, RCJ Farul Constanța, Sportul Studențesc and CSU Agronomia București. He represented Romania internationally in the 1970s, as a winger,[2] playing 15 times for his country.[3] Ianusevici then led his country as a coach to a Rugby World Cup appearance in 1991.[4][5] He served as coach of the German team from October 1992 to 2002.[6]
He held the position of Germany's director of rugby and the title Bundestrainer until 31 August 2012.[7][8]
On 11 June 2012, he was appointed as sports director of the Romania national rugby union team.[9] He declared that his contract with Romania was until 2015 and that he could imagine to return to Germany after that to take up an unpaid position within the German Rugby Federation.[10] In August 2013 he resigned from his position with the Romanian Federation.[11]
In April 2014, first division Rugby club TSV Handschuhsheim announced Peter Ianusevici as their new Director of Rugby. While his focus may be on coaching the first team, he will also oversee all Rugby-related operations in the club (e.g. coaching development, youth concepts, etc.).[12]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ The 7s Experts | Peter Ianusevici, 7bamboosrugby.com, 1 May 2016, accessed: 5 May 2016
- ^ a b Germany launch quest to reach 2015 World cup worldcupweb.com, published: 15 April 2008, accessed: 15 March 2010
- ^ German coach quits scrum.com, published: 13 May 2000, accessed: 15 March 2010
- ^ In Deutschland müssen Profis dem Platzwart helfen (in German) Die Welt, published: 5 September 2007, accessed: 15 March 2010
- ^ Peter Ianusevici: "In meiner Brust schlägt nur ein Herz"[permanent dead link] (in German) Rugby-Journal, published: 14 February 2009, accessed: 24 March 2010
- ^ Jetzt werden die Werte des Rugby transportiert Archived 8 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Sueddeutsche Zeitung, published: 5 October 2007, : 15 March 2010
- ^ Aussie backpacker's debut victory Fox Sports, published: 27 November 2007, accessed: 5 March 2010
- ^ Die Wucht der Gegner Archived 16 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Sueddeutsche Zeitung, published: 12 February 2009, : 15 March 2010
- ^ "Petre Ianusevici este noul Antrenor Federal al Romaniei". Romanian Rugby Federation (in Romanian). 11 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ^ Bundestrainer Peter Ianusevici erklärt Rücktritt (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 11 June 2012, accessed: 12 June 2012
- ^ Ex-Bundestrainer Peter Ianusevici erklärt seinen Rücktritt in Rumänien (in German) totalrugby.de, published: 16 August 2013, accessed: 16 August 2013
- ^ "Peter Ianusevici kommt zum TSV – TSV Handschuhsheim Rugby".
External links
edit- Peter Ianusevici at scrum.com
- Peter Ianusevici at totalrugby.de (in German)