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

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 him in the loss in front of Rapid București.[1][10][11]

International career

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]

Writing

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]

Death

Anghel Crețeanu died on 7 January 1987 at the age of 76.[1][12]

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 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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ a b "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 1940 – 1941". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  12. ^ a b c d "Anghel Crețeanu". European Football. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Bulgaria 2-3 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  14. ^ "20 de ani în urmărirea balonului rotund" [20 years in pursuit of the round balloon] (in Romanian). Bibliotecamm.ebibliophil.ro. Retrieved 2 April 2024.