Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 5 April 1910 | ||
Place of birth | Galați, Romania [1] | ||
Date of death | 7 January 1987 | (aged 76)||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper [1] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1926–1933 | DVA Galați | ||
1933–1937 | Juventus București [a] | 49 | (1) |
1937–1941 | Unirea Tricolor București [b] | 31 | (0) |
Total | 80 | (1) | |
International career | |||
1934–1936 | Romania | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Anghel Crețeanu (5 April 1910 – 7 January 1987) was a Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. [3] [4]
Anghel Crețeanu was born on 5 April 1910 in Galați, Romania, starting to play football at local club, DVA in the regional league. [1] In 1933 he went to play for Juventus București, making his Divizia A debut under coach Ladislau Csillag on 17 September in a 3–1 away win over Ripensia Timișoara. [1] [2] In the following two years he appeared regularly for the team, managing to score the only goal of his career from a penalty kick on 9 November 1935 in a 2–2 with Unirea Tricolor București. [1] [5] [6] [7] [8] In his last season at Juventus, Crețeanu made only three appearances, afterwards going to play for Unirea Tricolor București. [1] [9] Unirea Tricolor relegated after his first season spent there but he stayed with the team, helping it gain promotion back to the first league after one season. [1] The 1940–41 season was Crețeanu's last season of his career, player-coach Ștefan Cârjan using him in two games as the team won the title, his last appearance being on 28 September 1941 in a 2–0 home win with Venus București, having a total of 70 Divizia A matches, also the team reached the 1941 Cupa României final but Cârjan did not use in the loss in front of Rapid București. [1] [10] [11]
Anghel Crețeanu played six games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 30 December 1934 under coach Alexandru Săvulescu who used him as a starter but replaced him after 15 minutes with Carol Burdan in a 3–2 away victory with Bulgaria at the 1934–35 Balkan Cup. [12] [13] His following three games were at the 1935 Balkan Cup. [12] Crețeanu's last match for the national was at the friendly King Carol II Cup against Yugoslavia, played on 10 May 1936 which ended with a 3–2 win. [12]
Anghel Crețeanu wrote one volume about football, published in 1972 called "20 de ani în urmărirea balonului rotund" (20 years in pursuit of the round balloon). [14]
Anghel Crețeanu died on 7 January 1987 at the age of 76. [1] [12]
Unirea Tricolor București
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | 5 April 1910 | ||
Place of birth | Galați, Romania [1] | ||
Date of death | 7 January 1987 | (aged 76)||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper [1] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1926–1933 | DVA Galați | ||
1933–1937 | Juventus București [a] | 49 | (1) |
1937–1941 | Unirea Tricolor București [b] | 31 | (0) |
Total | 80 | (1) | |
International career | |||
1934–1936 | Romania | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Anghel Crețeanu (5 April 1910 – 7 January 1987) was a Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. [3] [4]
Anghel Crețeanu was born on 5 April 1910 in Galați, Romania, starting to play football at local club, DVA in the regional league. [1] In 1933 he went to play for Juventus București, making his Divizia A debut under coach Ladislau Csillag on 17 September in a 3–1 away win over Ripensia Timișoara. [1] [2] In the following two years he appeared regularly for the team, managing to score the only goal of his career from a penalty kick on 9 November 1935 in a 2–2 with Unirea Tricolor București. [1] [5] [6] [7] [8] In his last season at Juventus, Crețeanu made only three appearances, afterwards going to play for Unirea Tricolor București. [1] [9] Unirea Tricolor relegated after his first season spent there but he stayed with the team, helping it gain promotion back to the first league after one season. [1] The 1940–41 season was Crețeanu's last season of his career, player-coach Ștefan Cârjan using him in two games as the team won the title, his last appearance being on 28 September 1941 in a 2–0 home win with Venus București, having a total of 70 Divizia A matches, also the team reached the 1941 Cupa României final but Cârjan did not use in the loss in front of Rapid București. [1] [10] [11]
Anghel Crețeanu played six games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 30 December 1934 under coach Alexandru Săvulescu who used him as a starter but replaced him after 15 minutes with Carol Burdan in a 3–2 away victory with Bulgaria at the 1934–35 Balkan Cup. [12] [13] His following three games were at the 1935 Balkan Cup. [12] Crețeanu's last match for the national was at the friendly King Carol II Cup against Yugoslavia, played on 10 May 1936 which ended with a 3–2 win. [12]
Anghel Crețeanu wrote one volume about football, published in 1972 called "20 de ani în urmărirea balonului rotund" (20 years in pursuit of the round balloon). [14]
Anghel Crețeanu died on 7 January 1987 at the age of 76. [1] [12]
Unirea Tricolor București