Anghel Crețeanu

Anghel Crețeanu
Personal information
Date of birth (1910-04-05)5 April 1910
Place of birth Galați, Romania[1]
Date of death 7 January 1987(1987-01-07) (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]

Club career

Crețeanu was born on 5 April 1910 in Galați, Romania, and started 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, scoring his career's only goal from a penalty kick on 9 November 1935 in a 2–2 draw against Unirea Tricolor București.[1][5] After making only three appearances in his final season at Juventus, Crețeanu moved to Unirea Tricolor București.[1][6] His new team was relegated after his first season spent there but he stayed with the club, 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 Unirea Tricolor won the title.[1][7] His last Divizia A appearance was on 28 September 1941 in a 2–0 home win over Venus București, totaling 70 matches in the competition.[1][7] Unirea Tricolor also reached the 1941 Cupa României final but Cârjan did not use him in the loss to Rapid București.[1][8]

International career

Crețeanu played six games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 30 December 1934, when coach Alexandru Săvulescu used him as a starter but replaced him after 15 minutes with Carol Burdan in a 3–2 away victory against Bulgaria in the 1934–35 Balkan Cup.[9][10] His following three games were in the 1935 Balkan Cup.[9] Crețeanu's last match for the national team was in the friendly King Carol II Cup, a 3–2 win against Yugoslavia, played on 10 May 1936.[9]

Writing

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).[11]

Death

Crețeanu died on 7 January 1987 at the age of 76.[1][9]

Honours

Unirea Tricolor București

Notes

  1. ^ He made nine appearances in the 1933–34 Divizia A season, not seven as other sources claim.[2]
  2. ^ The statistics for the 1938–39 Divizia B season are unavailable.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Anghel Crețeanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XIV – Debut de bun augur" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XIV – Auspicious Debut] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  3. ^ Anghel Crețeanu at WorldFootball.net
  4. ^ Anghel Crețeanu at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XV – O clasare jenanta" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XV – An embarrassing ranking] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
    "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XVI – Editia Premierelor" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XVI – Premiere Edition] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
    "Imaginea uitată în arhivă » Dovada că Duckadam a marcat din penalty la câteva zile după ce apărase patru la Sevilla" [Forgotten archived image »Proof that Duckadam scored from a penalty just days after defending four in Sevilla] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
    "Cine sunt portarii care au marcat în Liga 1 Betano! De la cine s-a inspirat Mirko Pigliacelli" [Who are the goalkeepers that scored in Betano League 1! From whom Mirko Pigliacelli was inspired] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  6. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XVII – DIN NOU SEMIFINALISTĂ ÎN CUPĂ" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XVII – CUP SEMI-FINALIST AGAIN] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 1940 – 1941". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d "Anghel Crețeanu". European Football. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Bulgaria 2-3 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  11. ^ "20 de ani în urmărirea balonului rotund" [20 years in pursuit of the round balloon] (in Romanian). Bibliotecamm.ebibliophil.ro. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
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