Ștefan Barbu Explained

Ştefan Barbu
Fullname:Ştefan Barbu
Birth Date:1908 3, df=y
Birth Place:Arad, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Arad, Romania
Position:Striker
Youthyears1:1921
Youthyears2:1921–1927
Youthclubs1:Olimpia Arad
Youthclubs2:Gloria Arad
Years1:1927–1929
Years2:1930–1932
Years3:1932–1933
Years4:1933–1938
Years5:1938
Years6:1939
Years7:1940–1941
Clubs2:Olimpia Arad
Clubs5:Olimpia Arad
Clubs7:Crişana Arad
Caps3:7
Goals3:5
Caps4:68
Goals4:42
Caps6:2
Goals6:0
Totalcaps:77
Totalgoals:47
Nationalyears1:1927–1930
Nationalteam1:Romania[1]
Nationalcaps1:7
Nationalgoals1:0

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

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

Notes and References

  1. http://www.info.frf.ro/index.php?articol=196 Evidence of Ştefan Barbu's appearances for Romania national football team
  2. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roemtops.html Evidence of Ştefan Barbu's performance at rsssf.org