Stelian Anghel

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| name = Stelian Anghel

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1952|03|07|df=y}}{{RomanianSoccer|55/stelian-anghel}}

| birth_place = Brașov, Romania

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|11|23|1952|03|07|df=y}}{{NFT|37829}}

| death_place = Timișoara, Romania

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| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = 1967–1971 |youthclubs1 = Steagul Roșu Brașov

| years1 = 1971–1972 |clubs1 = Metrom Brașov |caps1 = 24 |goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1972–1974 |clubs2 = Steagul Roșu Brașov |caps2 = 54 |goals2 = 12

| years3 = 1974–1984 |clubs3 = Politehnica Timișoara |caps3 = 262 |goals3 = 72

| years4 = 1984–1985 |clubs4 = UM Timișoara |caps4 = |goals4 =

| years5 = 1985–1986 |clubs5 = Minerul Bocșa |caps5 = |goals5 =

| totalcaps = 340 | totalgoals = 84

| nationalyears1 = 1976 | nationalteam1 = Romania | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 17 January 2020

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Stelian Anghel (7 March 1952 – 23 November 2009) was a Romanian former footballer who played as a forward.{{cite web | url=https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/stelian-anghel-fost-jucator-si-presedinte-al-poli-timisoara-a-incetat-din-viata-164772.html | title=Stelian Anghel, fost jucător şi preşedinte al Poli Timişoara, a încetat din viaţă| publisher=Gsp.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=Stelian Anghel, former player and president of Poli Timişoara, passed away| date=23 November 2009 | access-date=17 January 2020}} He was also president at Politehnica Timișoara.{{cite web | url=https://adevarul.ro/news/sport/fostul-jucator-poli-timisoara-stelian-anghel-incetat-viata-1_50ace9227c42d5a6638bb214/index.html | title=Fostul jucător al lui Poli Timişoara, Stelian Anghel, a încetat din viaţă| publisher=Adevarul.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=The former player of Poli Timişoara, Stelian Anghel, passed away| date=23 November 2009 | access-date=17 January 2020}}

Club career

Stelian Anghel was born on 7 March 1952 in Brașov, Romania, starting to play junior level football in 1967 at local club Steagul Roșu. In 1971 he moved to neighboring club, Metrom where started playing senior level football in Divizia C, helping it finish the season on the first place, earning promotion to the second league. Shortly afterwards, he returned to Steagul where on 20 August 1972 he made his Divizia A debut under coach Nicolae Proca in a 0–0 with CSM Reșița.{{cite web |url=https://lastegaru.net/2012/06/11/portret-al-stegarului-la-tinerete/ |title=Portret al "stegarului" la tinerețe|publisher=Lastegaru.net |language=Romanian |trans-title=Portrait of the "flagbearer" in his youth|date=11 June 2012 |access-date=2 August 2024}} In the following season he helped the team finish on the third place.

In 1974, Anghel went to play for Politehnica Timișoara, his first performance being a third place in the 1977–78 season. Afterwards he made his debut in European competitions, playing all four games from the 1978–79 UEFA Cup campaign as they eliminated MTK Hungária in the first round, being eliminated by Budapest Honved in the following one.{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/stelian-anghel/uefa-cup-1978-1979/fc-timisoara/3/|title=Stelian Anghel. Europa League 1978/1979|access-date=14 July 2024}} He won the only trophy of his career, the 1979–80 Cupa României, being used by coach Ion Ionescu all the minutes in the 2–1 win over Steaua București from the final, also in the same season he scored a personal record of 14 goals in the league.{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/romanian_cup/1979_1980.shtml|title=Romanian Cup – Season 1979–1980|publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=14 July 2024}} He then helped the club eliminate Celtic in the first round of the 1980–81 European Cup Winners' Cup. Anghel scored his first goal in European competitions in a 2–0 win over Lokomotive Leipzig from the preliminary round of the 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup, however the qualification was lost as they lost with 5–0 the second leg.{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/stelian-anghel/ec-der-pokalsieger-1981-1982/fc-timisoara/3/|title=Stelian Anghel. Europa League 1981/1982|access-date=14 July 2024}} In the following years he helped Poli reach two more Cupa României finals, which were both lost in front of Universitatea Craiova, Anghel appearing in only one of the finals, the one from 1983 when coach Emerich Dembrovschi used him all the minutes in the 2–1 loss.{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/romanian_cup/1980_1981.shtml|title=Romanian Cup – Season 1980–1981|publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=14 July 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/romanian_cup/1982_1983.shtml|title=Romanian Cup – Season 1982–1983|publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=14 July 2024}} Also at the end of the 1982–83 season, the club relegated to Divizia B but he stayed with Poli, helping them promote back after one year. He made his last Divizia A appearance on 5 September 1984 in a 2–0 away loss in front of Corvinul Hunedoara, having a total of 287 appearances with 75 goals scored in the competition and 10 matches with one goal in European competitions. Stelian Anghel ended his career in 1986, after playing for UM Timișoara and Minerul Bocșa in the Romanian lower leagues.

International career

Stelian Anghel played two games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 12 May 1976 under coach Ștefan Kovács in a 1–0 away loss in front of Bulgaria at the 1973–76 Balkan Cup.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=647|title=Stelian Anghel|publisher=European Football|access-date=17 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=24823|title=Bulgaria - Romania 1:0|publisher=European Football|access-date=3 August 2020}} His second game was a friendly which ended 2–2 with Iran.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=12436|title=Iran - Romania 2:2|publisher=European Football|access-date=3 August 2020}}

Later life and death

After he ended his career, Anghel was president at Politehnica Timișoara, his biggest achievement was eliminating Atlético Madrid in the first round of the 1990–91 UEFA Cup.

He died on 23 November 2009 at age 57.