Vasile Ianul (1 November 1945 – 20 March 2013) was a Romanian
footballer
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who played as a
defender. He died on 20 March 2013.
Career
Vasile Ianul played as a
defender for
Politehnica Iași from 1966 until 1974, a period in which he helped the club win two promotions in the
first league.
After he ended his playing career, Ianul worked as a
lawyer
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The exact nature of a lawyer's work varies depending on the legal jurisdiction and the legal system, as w ...
and in 1975 he became a football
referee
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, managing to arbitrate matches in the Romanian top-division
Divizia A
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.
[ In 1985 he became the head of Dinamo București's football section, in 1991 he was named the club's vice-president and from 1992 until 1994, Ianul was president.][ During this period of nine years spent at Dinamo, the club won two league titles, two ]cups
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and reached the European Cup Winners' Cup
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semi-finals in the 1989–1990 edition.[ In 1998 Ianul was charged with fraudulent management of Dinamo's funds, remanded in custody twice, first between November 20–30, 1998, and the second time between May 12, 1999 and January 11, 2002, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Later, however, the punishment was annulled, because the prescription intervened in the case of the transfers of footballers Dorinel Munteanu, Ioan Sabău and Bogdan Stelea.][
]
International career
Vasile Ianul played one game at international level for Romania
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, being used by coach Gheorghe Ola in a 1972 friendly, played on Stade d'Honneur from Casablanca
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, which ended with a 4–2 victory against Morocco
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.
Honours
Player
Politehnica Iași
*Divizia B
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: 1967–68, 1972–73[
]
References
External links
Vasile Ianul player profile
at Labtof.ro
Vasile Ianul manager profile
at Labtof.ro
Vasile Ianul referee profile
at Labtof.ro
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1945 births
2013 deaths
Romanian men's footballers
Romania men's international footballers
Men's association football defenders
Liga I players
Liga II players
FC Politehnica Iași (1945) players
FC Universitatea Cluj players
Romanian football managers
Romanian football referees
Romanian sports executives and administrators
20th-century Romanian lawyers
People from Năsăud
Footballers from Bistrița-Năsăud County
20th-century Romanian sportsmen