Teodor Anghelini

Teodor Anghelini (born 9 March 1954) is a retired Romanian footballer and current youth coach.

Teodor Anghelini

Anghelini with Steagul Roșu Brașov in the 1970s
Personal information
Date of birth	(1954-03-09) 9 March 1954 (age 71)
Place of birth	Brașov, Romania
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1968–1971	Steagul Roșu Brașov
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1974	Steagul Roșu Brașov	70	(2)
1974–1983	Steaua București	264	(1)
1983–1985	ASA Mizil
Total		334	(3)
International career
	Romania U21	4	(0)
	Romania U23	6	(0)
1975–1976	Romania Olympic	3	(0)
1974–1979	Romania	22	(0)
Managerial career
1992	Steaua București (assistant)
2004	CS Mogoșoaia
2007	Aversa
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anghelini, who is of Italian descent, played for hometown club Steagul Roșu Brașov between 1971 and 1974, before joining Steaua București, where he spent 10 seasons, winning two league titles and two Romanian Cups.^[1][2]

Club career

Anghelini, nicknamed "Briceagul Sicilian" (The Sicilian Penknife) by writer Fănuș Neagu, was born in March 1954 in Brașov, Romania, and began playing junior-level football at local club Steagul Roșu in 1968.^{[1][3][4][5][6][7]} He made his Divizia A debut on 3 May 1972, aged 18 under the guidance of coach Nicolae Proca in Steagul's 2–0 away loss to UTA Arad.^[1][3][5] In the following two seasons he appeared in all the league games except one, in his last season also scoring two goals, including one in a 1–0 win over FC Constanța which helped Steagul finish in third place and earn qualification for the UEFA Cup.^[1][3][4][5]

In 1974 he went to play for Steaua București where in his second season he helped the club win The Double, being used by coach Emerich Jenei in 30 league games, also appearing in the 2–1 win over CSU Galați in the Cupa României final.^[1][8][9] In the following season he reached another Cupa României final, Jenei using him all the minutes in the eventual 2–1 loss to Universitatea Craiova.^[10] In the 1977–78 season, Anghelini was used in 32 league games by Jenei, helping the club win another title.^[1][8] In next two seasons, under the guidance of coach Gheorghe Constantin he reached two more Cupa României finals, playing all the minutes in both, the first one ending with a 3–0 win over Sportul Studențesc București and the one in 1980 with a 2–1 loss to Politehnica Timișoara.^[1][11][12] On 29 October 1983, Angelini made his last Divizia A appearance, playing for Steaua in a 1–0 home victory against Jiul Petroșani, having a total of 334 matches with three goals scored in the competition, and he also played a total of 12 games in European competitions.^[1] In 1983 he went to play for ASA Mizil in the third league, helping it gain promotion to the second one where he retired in 1985.^[1]

International career

Anghelini played 22 matches at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Valentin Stănescu on 23 March 1974 in a friendly that ended in a 1–0 loss to France.^[13][14] He played six games in the Euro 1976 qualifiers and one in the Euro 1980 qualifiers.^[13] Anghelini made his last appearance for the national team on 29 August 1979 in a friendly against Poland that ended in a 3–0 loss.^[13]

Coaching career

After he ended his career, Anghelini worked as a youth coach for Steaua București.^[6][15] He also coached senior teams as Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, Steaua Mizil, FC Câmpina, FC Predeal, FC Călărași, Aversa and CS Mogoșoaia in the Romanian lower leagues and he was for a while an assistant for Victor Pițurcă at Steaua.^[16][17]

Honours

Steaua București

• Divizia A: 1975–76, 1977–78^[1]
• Cupa României: 1975–76, 1978–79, runner-up 1976–77, 1979–80^[1][10][11]

ASA Mizil

• Divizia C: 1983–84^[1]