Anghel Crețeanu
Anghel Crețeanu (5 April 1910 – 7 January
Anghel Crețeanu
1987) was a Romanian footballer who played as
a goalkeeper.[3][4] Personal information
Date of birth 5 April 1910
Place of birth Galați, Romania[1]
Club career Date of death 7 January 1987 (aged 76)
Position(s) Goalkeeper[1]
Anghel Crețeanu was born on 5 April 1910 in
Senior career*
Galați, Romania, starting to play football at local
Years Team Apps (Gls)
club, DVA in the regional league.[1] In 1933 he
went to play for Juventus București, making his 1926–1933 DVA Galați
[a]
Divizia A debut under coach Ladislau Csillag on 1933–1937 Juventus București 49 (1)
[b]
17 September in a 3–1 away win over Ripensia 1937–1941 Unirea Tricolor București 31 (0)
Timișoara.[1][2] In the following two years he Total 80 (1)
appeared regularly for the team, managing to International career
score the only goal of his career from a penalty 1934–1936 Romania 6 (0)
kick on 9 November 1935 in a 2–2 with Unirea *Club domestic league appearances and goals
[1][5][6][7][8]
Tricolor București. 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
Divizia A: 1940–41[1][10]
Divizia B: 1938–39[1]
Cupa României runner-up: 1940–41[11]
Notes
a. He made nine appearances in the 1933–34 Divizia A season, not seven as other sources
claim.[2]
b. The statistics for the 1938–39 Divizia B season are unavailable.[1]
References
1. Anghel Crețeanu (https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/483/anghel-creeanu.htm) at
RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
2. "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XIV – Debut de bun augur" (https://ploiestiul
patrianoastra.com/2014/04/26/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 (https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/anghel-creeanu/#wac_660
x40_top) at WorldFootball.net
4. Anghel Crețeanu (https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/37315.html) at National-
Football-Teams.com
5. "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XV – O clasare jenanta" (https://ploiestiulpat
rianoastra.com/2014/05/03/file-de-poveste-perioada-juventus-episodul-xv-o-clasare-jenant
a/) [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" (https://ploiestiulpa
trianoastra.com/2014/05/11/file-de-poveste-perioada-juventus-episodul-xvi-editia-premierelo
r/) [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" (https://premium.gsp.ro/premium/poveste/imaginea-uitata-in-arh
iva-dovada-ca-duckadam-a-marcat-din-penalty-la-cateva-zile-dupa-ce-aparase-patru-la-sevi
lla-506538.html) [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"
(https://www.fanatik.ro/cine-sunt-portarii-care-au-marcat-in-liga-1-betano-de-la-cine-s-a-inspi
rat-mirko-pigliacelli-18786218) [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"
(https://ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com/2014/05/17/file-de-poveste-perioada-juventus-episodul-x
vii-din-nou-semifinalista-in-cupa/) [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XVII – CUP
SEMI-FINALIST AGAIN] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 17 May 2014.
Retrieved 2 April 2024.
10. "Romania National Champions" (https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/champions.sht
ml). RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
11. "Romanian Cup – Season 1940 – 1941" (https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/romanian_cup/194
0_1941.shtml). RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
12. "Anghel Crețeanu" (https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=3959). European Football.
Retrieved 31 March 2020.
13. "Bulgaria 2-3 Romania" (https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5762). European Football.
Retrieved 2 April 2024.
14. "20 de ani în urmărirea balonului rotund" (https://bibliotecamm.ebibliophil.ro/mon/20-de-ani-i
n-urmarirea-balonului-rotund-mwxp822t) [20 years in pursuit of the round balloon] (in
Romanian). Bibliotecamm.ebibliophil.ro. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
External links
Anghel Crețeanu (http://www.labtof.ro/profil/anghel-creteanu-992/) at Labtof.ro
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