[2] Vasile Ianul played as a defender for Politehnica Iași from 1966 until 1974, a period in which he helped the club win two promotions in the first league.
[3][4][5][6] After he ended his playing career, Ianul worked as a lawyer and in 1975 he became a football referee, managing to arbitrate matches in the Romanian top-division Divizia A.
[4][5][6][8] In 1985 he became the head of Dinamo București's football section, in 1991 he was named the club's vice-president and from 1992 until 1994, Ianul was president.
[7][8] In 1998 Ianul was charged with fraudulent management of Dinamo's funds, remanded in custody twice, first between November 20–30, 1998, and the second time between May 12, 1999 and January 11, 2002, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Later, however, the punishment was annulled, because the prescription intervened in the case of the transfers of footballers Dorinel Munteanu, Ioan Sabău and Bogdan Stelea.