Constantin Anghelache

Constantin Anghelache (1 May 1920 – 28 September 2015) was a Romanian football midfielder, manager and a World War II veteran.

[1][4][5] According to former coach Gheorghe Constantin, during the period Anghelache was a member of the fascist Iron Guard, often donning the organization's characteristic green shirt.

[1][2][6][7] 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.

[3][4][5][7][9] 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.

From 1970 until after 1980 he coached children and juniors at the high school he founded and at the FCM Bacău and Tractorul Brașov clubs, teaching and forming generations of players, 67 of them reaching the senior or junior national teams of Romania including Sorin Avram, Vasile Șoiman and Costel Solomon.