Andrei Bărbulescu Explained

Andrei Bărbulescu
Birth Date:16 October 1909
Birth Place:Slatina, Romania
Height:1.76 m
Position:Midfielder
Youthyears1:1924–1927
Youthclubs1:Venus București
Youthyears2:1927–1930
Youthclubs2:Juventus București
Years1:1930–1932
Caps1:25
Goals1:9
Years2:1932–1940
Caps2:117
Goals2:8
Years3:1940–1941
Caps3:20
Goals3:0
Years4:1941–1945
Caps4:0
Goals4:0
Totalcaps:162
Totalgoals:17
Nationalyears1:1935–1938
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0
Pcupdate:23 March 2024
Embed:yes
Position:Right wing
Played For:Tenis Club Roman București
Telefon Club București
HC Bragadiru București
Venus București
Petrolul București
Știința Cluj
Ntl Team:ROM
Career Start:1932
Career End:1952

Andrei Bărbulescu (16 October 1909 – 30 July 1987) was a Romanian football midfielder who played for Romania at the 1938 World Cup.[1] He also played ice hockey, representing the national team at the 1947 Ice Hockey World Championships.[2]

Football career

Club career

Andrei Bărbulescu was born on 16 October 1909 in Slatina, Romania and he started playing football at the junior squads of Venus București in 1924. In 1927, he went to play for Juventus București where he made his debut in senior football on 6 April 1930, coach György Hlavay using him all the minutes in a 2–2 with Maccabi București from the regional championship.[3] [4] The team won the regional championship and qualified for the national championship, Bărbulescu playing in the 4–2 win over Mihai Viteazul Chișinău from the semi-finals but Hlavay did not use him in the 3–0 victory with Gloria Arad from the final, as the club won the first national title in its history with Bărbulescu making a total of three appearances in the regional and national championships together.[5] [6] In the following regional championship, he scored his first official goal on 23 October 1930 in a 5–2 victory with Sportul Studențesc București, finding the net eight times until the end of the season, including scoring two braces in two victories against Turda București and again Sportul Studențesc.[7] After one more season in which he made 12 regional league appearances and scored a goal in a 3–3 with CFR București, Bărbulescu went back to play for Venus București, making his debut on 25 September 1932 in a Divizia A 2–0 home win over RGMT Timișoara.[8] In the following season, Bărbulescu was used in 13 league games by coach Karoly Weszter, as the club won the title.[5] [9] He won another title in the 1936–37, this time under the guidance of coach Ferenc Plattkó who gave him 21 appearances in which he scored two goals.[5] [9] Between 1938 and 1940 he helped the club win two consecutive league titles, both with coach Béla Jánosy, Bărbulescu contributing with 15 appearances with one goal scored in the first one and four matches with three goals in the second.[5] [9] In 1940 he went to play for Sportul Studențesc București where he played his Divizia A match on 18 May 1941 in a 2–1 home victory over Gloria CFR Galați, afterwards returning to play Venus, ending his career after a few years.

International career

Andrei Bărbulescu played three games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 25 August 1935 under coach Constantin Rădulescu in a friendly which ended with a 4–2 away loss in front of Germany.[10] [11] He was selected by coaches Săvulescu and Rădulescu to be part of the squad that participated at the 1938 World Cup.[10] [12] He did not appear in the first game against Cuba, which ended 3–3 but Bărbulescu played in the replay which ended with a surprisingly 2–1 loss.[10] [12] [13] [14]

Ice hockey career

Club career

Andrei Bărbulescu started playing ice hockey in 1932 at Tenis Club Roman București, playing as a right winger, alongside Constantin Cantacuzino, winning the Romanian Hockey League from his first season.[2] [15] [16] Afterwards he went for one season at Telefon Club București, then moving to HC Bragadiru București where he reunited with Cantacuzino, also playing alongside Robert Sadowski, winning another Romanian Hockey League title.[2] [17] [18] In 1938, Bărbulescu went to play for Venus București, spending seven years with them, winning a title in 1944.[2] [19] After a spell at Petrolul București, Andrei Bărbulescu ended his career in 1952 at Știința Cluj.[2]

International career

Bărbulescu represented Romania's national team at the 1947 Ice Hockey World Championships where he made one appearance, as the team finished on the 7th place.[2] [20]

Death

Bărbulescu died on 30 July 1987 at age 77.

Honours

Footballer

Juventus București

1929–30[5] Venus București

1933–34, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1939–40[5]

Ice hockey player

Tenis Club Roman București

1933[2] [15] HC Bragadiru București

1936[2] [17] Venus București

1944[2] [19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1938 FIFA World Cup France, Romania squad. Fifa.com. English . 23 March 2024.
  2. Web site: Andrei Bărbulescu profile. Eliteprospects.com. English. 23 March 2024.
  3. Web site: File de poveste – Episodul VIII – "JUVENTUS – CAMPIOANA ROMÂNIEI" partea I. Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. Romanian . Story files - Episode VIII - "JUVENTUS - CHAMPION OF ROMANIA" part I. 8 March 2014 . 23 March 2024.
  4. Web site: File de poveste – Episodul IX – "JUVENTUS – CAMPIOANA ROMÂNIEI" partea II. Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. Romanian . Story files – Episode IX – "JUVENTUS – CHAMPION OF ROMANIA" part II. 15 March 2014 . 23 March 2024.
  5. Web site: Romania National Champions . RomanianSoccer. 23 March 2024.
  6. Web site: File de poveste – Episodul X – "JUVENTUS – CAMPIOANA ROMÂNIEI" partea III. Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. Romanian . Story files – Episode X – "JUVENTUS – CHAMPION OF ROMANIA" part III. 22 March 2014 . 23 March 2024.
  7. Web site: File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XI – TITLUL DISTRICTUAL DECIS ŞI DE O CONTESTAŢIE. Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. Romanian . Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XI - THE DISTRICT TITLE DECIDED AND BY A CONTEST. 29 March 2014 . 23 March 2024.
  8. Web site: File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XII – "Promovare pierduta in retur". Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. Romanian . Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XII - "Promotion lost in return". 5 April 2014 . 23 March 2024.
  9. Web site: FOTBAL. Noua CAMPIOANA a ROMANIEI. Ce mai vuiet, ce mai larma... . Vechi.timisoaraexpress.ro . Romanian . FOOTBALL. The new CHAMPION of ROMANIA. What a noise, what a noise ... . 14 May 2017 . 29 May 2021 . 2 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212623/https://www.vechi.timisoaraexpress.ro/sport/fotbal-noua-campioana-a-romaniei-ce-mai-vuiet-ce-mai-larma_18711?print . dead .
  10. Web site: Andrei Bărbulescu. European Football. 23 March 2024.
  11. Web site: Germany 4-2 Romania. European Football. 23 March 2024.
  12. Web site: România – Cuba: povestea eliminării ruşinoase de la Cupa Mondială a primei generații de excepţie din istoria "tricolorilor". Theplaymaker.ro. Romanian . Romania – Cuba: the story of the shameful elimination from the World Cup of the first exceptional generation in the history of the "tricolors". 18 March 2018. 23 March 2024.
  13. Web site: Cuba 3-3 România, 5 iunie 1938 (Campionatul Mondial din Franța '38). Tikitaka.ro. Romanian . Cuba 3-3 Romania, June 5, 1938 (World Cup in France '38). 23 March 2024.
  14. Web site: Campionatul Mondial din Franța '38: Cuba 2-1 România, 9 iunie 1938. Tikitaka.ro. Romanian . World Championship in France '38: Cuba 2-1 Romania, June 9, 1938. 23 March 2024.
  15. Web site: TC Roman București profile. Eliteprospects.com. English. 23 March 2024.
  16. Web site: 1932-1933 TC Roman București season. Eliteprospects.com. English. 23 March 2024.
  17. Web site: HC Bragadiru București profile. Eliteprospects.com. English. 23 March 2024.
  18. Web site: 1935-1936 HC Bragadiru București season. Eliteprospects.com. English. 23 March 2024.
  19. Web site: Venus București profile. Eliteprospects.com. English. 23 March 2024.
  20. Web site: Championnats du monde 1947. Passionhockey.com. French. World Championship 1947 . 23 March 2024.