Vasile Anghel (22 November 1937 – 12 September 2014) was a

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n footballer who played as a

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Club career

Vasile Anghel was born on 22 November 1937 in Buzău,

and he started to play football at junior level in 1950 at local club, Locomotiva CFR. In 1954, he ended with junior period at Voința București, afterwards starting his senior career at

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club,

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. He went to play for

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where he made his

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debut on 11 April 1956 in a

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against

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which ended with a 4–0 loss. He played in the first European match of a Romanian team in the

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in the 3–1 victory against Galatasaray, helping '' The Red Dogs'' go to the next phase of the competition where they were eliminated by

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, appearing in a total of 3 games from the campaign. Anghel scored one goal in a 4–0 victory against CSM Baia Mare in the 1959 Cupa României final, helping

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win the first

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trophy in the club's history. In the

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, he played 5 games as

won the title and in the following season the club won another title with Anghel playing three games in the first half, being transferred at Petrolul Ploiești for the second half where he won the

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. Anghel made his last Divizia A appearance, playing for '' The Yellow Wolves'' on 9 June 1963 in a 2–0 away loss against Știința Timișoara, having a total of 92 matches and 16 goals scored in the competition, also he has 4 appearances in the

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and one in the

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. After he ended his playing career at Metalul Buzău, Anghel worked as

's president from 1980 until 1988, a period in which the club won three league titles, two

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and reached the

semi-finals in the 1983–84 edition, also he worked as a technical director at Petrolul Ploiești from 1988 until 1989 and

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from 1989 until 1990. Vasile Anghel died on 12 September 2014, aged 76 in

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after suffering a

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International career

Vasile Anghel played four games at international level for

, making his debut on 1 June 1957 under coach

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in a friendly which ended 1–1 against

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. His following games were a 2–1 away victory against

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and a 1–1 against

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at the 1958 World Cup qualifiers, his last appearance taking part on 26 April 1959 in a 2–0 away loss against

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at the 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifiers.

Honours

Dinamo București *

: 1961–62, 1962–63 *

: 1958–59 Petrolul Ploiești *

: 1962–63

Notes

References

External links

Vasile Anghel
at Labtof.ro {{DEFAULTSORT:Anghel, Vasile 1937 births 2014 deaths Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Liga I players Liga II players FC Progresul București players FC Dinamo București players FC Petrolul Ploiești players Romanian sports executives and administrators Sportspeople from Buzău