Constantin Anghelache

Life and career

Anghelache joined Unirea Tricolor București after being seen by coach Petre Steinbach at a school competition. During his college years at ANEFS he became one of the best alpine skiers from the university, a performance which convinced the Romanian royal family to hire him to be Prince Michael's ski instructor. In 1944 he fought for the Romanian Armed Forces in World War II as a sub-lieutenant, being the only survivor of the footballers from Unirea Tricolor who were incorporated, as his teammates Petre Sucitulescu, Gicu Cristescu, Traian Ionescu and Andrei Alecu died on different battlefields of the Eastern Front. After he returned from the war, he graduated law school in 1947 and continued to play for Unirea Tricolor, being also the team's secretary. Anghelache, together with the club's president Valeriu Negulescu and coach Ștefan Cârjan opposed the merger. Since 27 September 2012, the stadium known until then as Letea, changed its name into Stadionul Constantin Anghelache in his honor. Anghelache spent the final years of his life in a nursing home from Bacău.