[5] Vasile Anghel was born on 22 November 1937 in Buzău, Romania and he started to play football at junior level in 1950 at local club, Locomotiva CFR.
[9][10] Anghel played all the minutes under the guidance of coach Iuliu Baratky in the 1959 Cupa României final, managing to score a goal in the 4–0 victory against CSM Baia Mare, helping Dinamo win the first Cupa României trophy in the club's history.
[1][4][13][14] Anghel made his last Divizia A appearance, playing for The Yellow Wolves on 9 June 1963 in a 2–0 away loss against Știința Timișoara, having a total of 92 matches and 16 goals scored in the competition, also he has four appearances in the European Cup and one in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
[1][2][5][15] After he ended his playing career at Metalul Buzău, Anghel worked as Dinamo București's president from 1980 until 1988, a period in which the club won three league titles, two cups and reached the European Cup semi-finals in the 1983–84 edition, also he worked as a technical director at Petrolul Ploiești from 1988 until 1989 and Rapid București from 1989 until 1990.
[2][5][6][7] Vasile Anghel played four games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 1 June 1957 under coach Gheorghe Popescu I in a friendly which ended 1–1 with Soviet Union.