Anghel Crețeanu

Anghel Crețeanu (5 April 1910 – 7 January 1987) was a Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.^[3][4]

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

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

• Divizia A: 1940–41^[1][7]
• Divizia B: 1938–39^[1]
• Cupa României runner-up: 1940–41^[8]

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]