Jobs4Football meets Casian Anghel
Jobs4Football spoke to Romanian right-winger Casian Anghel, who has been working closely with our data team but now reaches to new lengths to achieve his dream of becoming a professional footballer. The 24-year-old from Bucharest moved over to England to further educate himself on the business of football, but also wanted to continue his aspirations of becoming a footballer.
“I came over to England to study and for the first few months I didn’t have a club. It is very competitive over here and I didn’t know anyone, it was difficult at the start as well with the physicality over here in England. I got in touch with a strength and conditioning coach and for the first 6 months I was going 5 days a week and playing some football at the weekend as well. I was lucky enough to get into the trials at Ashton United that summer as I was very fit and I played very well there.”
Casian graduated Football Coaching and Management and wants to adapt his studies more to his daily life. “I was excited to know more about football and have a plan B for after. I understand football quite well and I want to delve into the specialised training sometime in the future.” Casian connected with Jobs4Football coincidentally when he was playing for Ashton United. Darren from Jobs4Football was watching the game and got in touch via LinkedIn with Anghel after providing an impressive performance. “I was following the Jobs4Football page for a while to look out for opportunities, and my course mates knew about the company too because of the vast jobs that they offer. I lived in Spain as well for a while and they have something similar to the company, they have ‘Futboljobs’ which is quite well known over there but not as good.
Casian is a true home bird who has been supporting his home team of Dinamo Bucuresti throughout his life and has fond memories of going to watch them play with his family. “At the moment Dinamo are in a tough situation, being relegated to the 2nd division for the first time in the club’s history. I was in the academy for 11 years and what’s happening right now is the result of too many people trying to get involved just because they had something to offer. In the past few years, the club hasn’t had any money to bring in new players, but right now the fans are supporting the club through funding, it’s a bad situation.” Casian would love to play for his home club and has dreamt of playing in the Champions league since he was a boy.
Staying motivated is a big part in the career of a footballer and in life we need to push ourselves to strive for greatness. Studying abroad can detach you from your family and friends emotionally, so it is highly important to motivate oneself. Anghel has felt that he hasn’t had the time to give himself a break; “For the past few years I haven’t had the opportunity to focus on myself, I have been working a lot to support himself and his family financially. At one point I was working, studying and training full time because I needed to train or else, I would have no chance of getting into professional football. Once I get a little opportunity to focus on only one plan, I will be on my way to reaching my highest potential and becoming a professional footballer. Due to these experiences, it was an eye opener to me, it showed me that this is what I want to do, I want to play football.”
Casian finished this year’s football season in non-league with Wythenshawe and before that spent 2 months in Romania playing in the 2nd Division (Liga 2) during the summer of 2021. Anghel played in Spain for a short period during the 20/21 season for CD Leganes B and then transferring to Lorca FC, like some youngsters Anghel experienced the struggle of a club at one of its lowest points. “The coach didn’t really trust the investors anymore, because they hadn’t stuck to a promise they had. He left then the sporting director left, then the assistant, even a few of the players left too. I felt like non-league has always been my home, I like Ashton United, Wythenshawe and all the people there. Even though I did well, it felt like there were times were I was comfortable with myself and could have pushed myself further. I am now looking to to move back abroad and go full time for the reasoning of focusing on only one plan and having a proper go.”
I was eager to hear what Casian hopes to achieve from the guidance & advice presented to him by Jobs4Football. “I feel like football is all about the connections’ specifically Jobs4Football, speaking to Darren and Nick about the themes and aspects of football, they are very honest people who can give me constructive criticism opposed to the other people in the football industry who just tell you what you want to hear and that just wastes my time. Nick and Darren have been very honest with me and I’m sure if an opportunity arises, they would help me apply myself.”
Casian is currently is looking for a full-time club abroad and with help from Jobs4Football, Anghel’s dreams are within reach. Casian loves relating to motivational quotes and his favourite at the minute is “sometimes the pain of the failures can be very difficult to move on from but only by picking ourselves back up and believing again we can achieve what we want to”. To motivate other youngsters in football to achieve bigger, Casian has advice for you; “the day when you learn to say no to things, that’s when your life is going to go in the right direction.”