Vasile Ianul (1 November 1945 – 20 March 2013) was a Romanian

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who played as a defender. He died on 20 March 2013.

Career

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. After he ended his playing career, Ianul worked as a

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and in 1975 he became a football

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, managing to arbitrate matches in the Romanian top-division

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. From 1981 until 1985 he was Politehnica Iași's president a period in which the club managed to win a promotion to the first league in the 1981–82 season, also being the club's coach for a short period in 1983. In 1985 he became the head of

Dinamo București A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Places * Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia * Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterinbu ...

's football section, in 1991 he was named the club's vice-president and from 1992 until 1994, Ianul was president. During this period of nine years spent at Dinamo, the club won two league titles, two

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and reached the

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semi-finals in the 1989–1990 edition. 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

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and

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International career

Vasile Ianul played one game at international level for

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, being used by coach

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in a 1972 friendly, played on Stade d'Honneur from

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, which ended with a 4–2 victory against

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Honours

Player

Politehnica Iași *

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: 1967–68, 1972–73

References

External links

Vasile Ianul player profile
at Labtof.ro
Vasile Ianul manager profile
at Labtof.ro
Vasile Ianul referee profile
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