Stelian Anghel

Club career Anghel was born on 7 March 1952 in Brașov, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1967 at local club Steagul Roșu. In the following season he helped the team finish in third place. Anghel won the only trophy of his career, the 1979–80 Cupa României, after coach Ion Ionescu used him the entire match in the 2–1 win over Steaua București in the final. In the same season he scored a personal record of 14 goals in the league. In the following years, he helped Poli reach two more Cupa României finals, both lost to Universitatea Craiova, Anghel appearing only in the one in 1983, when coach Emerich Dembrovschi used him the entire match in the 2–1 defeat. At the end of the 1982–83 season, the club was relegated to Divizia B, but he stayed with Politehnica, helping them get promoted back after one year. Anghel ended his career in 1986, after playing for UM Timișoara and Minerul Bocșa in the Romanian lower leagues. His second game was a friendly that ended in a 2–2 draw against Iran.

Later life and death After he ended his career, Anghel was president at Politehnica Timișoara, and 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.

Honours Metrom Brașov Divizia C: 1971–72 Politehnica Timișoara Divizia B: 1983–84 Cupa României: 1979–80, runner-up 1980–81, 1982–83