Anghel Crețeanu

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

Club career
Anghel Crețeanu was born on 5 April 1910 in Galați, Romania, starting to play football at local club, DVA in the regional league. 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. In the following two years he appeared regularly for the team, managing to score the only goal of his career from a penalty kick on 9 November 1935 in a 2–2 with Unirea Tricolor București. In his last season at Juventus, Crețeanu made only three appearances, afterwards going to play for Unirea Tricolor București. 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. 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 in the loss in front of Rapid București.

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. His following three games were at the 1935 Balkan Cup. 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.

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).

Death
Anghel Crețeanu died on 7 January 1987 at the age of 76.

Honours
Unirea Tricolor București
 * Divizia A: 1940–41
 * Divizia B: 1938–39
 * Cupa României runner-up: 1940–41