Ștefan Barbu

Ştefan Barbu (born 2 March 1908 in Arad, Austria-Hungary (now Romania) — died 30 June 1970 in Arad) was a Romanian football striker, who played at the 1930 FIFA World Cup in Uruguay.

Ştefan Barbu
Personal information
Full name Ştefan Barbu
Date of birth (1908-03-02)2 March 1908
Place of birth Arad, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 30 June 1970(1970-06-30) (aged 62)
Place of death Arad, Romania
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1921 Olimpia Arad
1921–1927 Gloria Arad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1927–1929 CFR București
1930–1932 Olimpia Arad
1932–1933 Gloria Arad 7 (5)
1933–1938 Rapid București 68 (42)
1938 Olimpia Arad
1939 Gloria Arad 2 (0)
1940–1941 Crişana Arad
International career
1927–1930 Romania[1] 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Ştefan Barbu made his debut at Olimpia Arad. In 1921, he moved to Gloria Arad, where, aged 17, made his first senior appearance. In 1927, only nineteen years old, Barbu made his debut for Romania national team, in a 3–3 draw against Poland. In 1930 Barbu was a member of the Romanian team which played at the 1930 FIFA World Cup: he played against Peru and Uruguay, without scoring any goals. His last match for the national team was in the same year, when Romania lost to Bulgaria. In 1933 he moved at Rapid București where he won three times the Romanian Cup (1934–1935, 1935–1936, 1937–1938) and was also the top scorer of Liga I in 1935–1936 with 23 goals. In 1938 Barbu returned to Gloria Arad, where he played until his retirement in 1942. After his playing career, Ştefan Barbu has been a referee for 15 years. In 1957 he was appointed as the president of CFR, a football club based in Arad.

Honours

Club
Rapid București

Individual

References
  1. Evidence of Ştefan Barbu's appearances for Romania national football team
  2. Evidence of Ştefan Barbu's performance at rsssf.org
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