Vasile Anghel (22 November 1937 – 12 September 2014) was a Romanian footballer who played as a forward.[5]

Vasile Anghel
Anghel (left) during a Dinamo training session in 1957
Personal information
Date of birth (1937-11-22)22 November 1937[1]
Place of birth Buzău, Romania[1]
Date of death 12 September 2014(2014-09-12) (aged 76)[2]
Place of death Bucharest, Romania[2]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Forward[1]
Youth career
1950–1954 Locomotiva CFR Buzău
1954 Voința București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955 Progresul București
1956–1962 Dinamo București[a] 84 (13)
1963 Petrolul Ploiești 8 (3)
Metalul Buzău
Total 92 (16)
International career
1957–1959 Romania[b] 5 (0)
Managerial career
1985 Dinamo București
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Anghel was born on 22 November 1937 in Buzău, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1950 at local club Locomotiva CFR.[1][6][7] In 1954 he ended his junior period at Voința București, then he started his senior career at Divizia B club Progresul București.[1][6][7]

Anghel joined Dinamo București where he made his Divizia A debut under coach Angelo Niculescu on 11 April 1956 in a derby against CCA București which ended with a 4–0 loss.[1][6][7][8] He played in the first European match for a Romanian team during the 1956–57 European Cup, a 3–1 victory against Galatasaray.[9][10] The Red Dogs advanced to the next phase of the competition where they were eliminated by CDNA Sofia, Anghel making three appearances in the campaign.[9][10] He played the entire match under coach Iuliu Baratky in the 1959 Cupa României final, managing to score a goal in the 4–0 victory against CSM Baia Mare, helping Dinamo win the first Cupa României trophy in their history.[1][6][11][12] In the 1961–62 season, he was used by coaches Traian Ionescu, Constantin Teașcă and Nicolae Dumitru in five games as Dinamo won the title.[1][4][13] Then in the following season the club won another title, with Anghel being used by Ionescu and Dumitru in only three games in the first half of the season.[1][4][13] He was transferred to Petrolul Ploiești for the second half where he won the 1962–63 Cupa României, but coach Ilie Oană did not use him in the final.[1][4][14] Anghel made his last Divizia A appearance by playing for The Yellow Wolves on 9 June 1963 in a 2–0 away loss to Știința Timișoara, totaling 92 matches with 16 goals in the competition and five appearances in European competitions (four in the European Cup and one in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup).[1][2][5][15]

After he ended his playing career at Metalul Buzău, Anghel worked as Dinamo București's president from 1980 to 1988, a period in which the club won three league titles, two cups and reached the European Cup semi-finals in the 1983–84 edition.[2][5][6][7] In 1985, he was Dinamo's head coach for several rounds.[16] He also worked as a technical director for Petrolul Ploiești from 1988 to 1989 and Rapid București between 1989 and 1990.[2][5][6][7]

International career

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Anghel played four games for Romania, making his debut on 1 June 1957 under coach Gheorghe Popescu in a 1–1 friendly draw against Soviet Union.[3][17] His following games were a 2–1 win over Greece and a 1–1 draw against Yugoslavia in the 1958 World Cup qualifiers.[3] His last appearance for the national team took place on 26 April 1959 in a 2–0 away loss to Turkey in the 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifiers.[3]

Death

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Anghel died on 12 September 2014, aged 76 in Bucharest after suffering a heart attack.[2][5][6][7]

Honours

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Notes

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  1. The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances at that competition for Dinamo București are not official.[1]
  2. Including one appearance for Romania's Olympic team [3][4]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Vasile Anghel at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "A murit Vasile Anghel, fost jucător și președinte la Dinamo. De numele său se leagă cel mai mare succes european al echipei" [Vasile Anghel, former player and president at Dinamo, died. The biggest European success of the team is linked to his name] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Vasile Anghel". European Football. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Vasile Anghel at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Fostul jucator si conducator al FC Dinamo, Vasile Anghel, a decedat" [Former player and executive of FC Dinamo, Vasile Anghel, has died] (in Romanian). RomanianSoccer.ro. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "A murit Vasile Anghel, omul de care se leagă cea mai importantă performanţă europeană a lui Dinamo" [Vasile Anghel died, the man to whom Dinamo's most important European performance is linked] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Zi tristă pentru dinamoviști. Fostul președinte Vasile Anghel a trecut în neființă" [Sad day for Dinamo fans. The former president Vasile Anghel passed away] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  8. "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1956". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  9. 1 2 "RETRO GSP. 64 de ani de la primul meci european al unei echipe românești. Dinamo i-a scos pe turci, apoi a urmat măcelul!" [RETRO GSP. 64 years since the first European match of a Romanian team. Dinamo took out the Turks, then the slaughter followed!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  10. 1 2 "Vasile Anghel. European Cup 1956/1957". WorldFootball. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  11. 1 2 "Romanian Cup 1958–59". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  12. "Finala Cupei României 1959: Dinamo – CSM Baia Mare 4-0" [The Cupei României Final 1959: Dinamo – CSM Baia Mare 4-0] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  13. 1 2 "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  14. "Romanian Cup 1962–63". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  15. Vasile Anghel at WorldFootball.net
  16. "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1984–85". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
    "Antrenorii echipei Dinamo" [The coaches of Dinamo] (in Romanian). Romaniansoccer.ro. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  17. "Soviet Union - Romania 1:1". European Football. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
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