Ștefan Barbu

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.

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
Total		77	(47)
International career
1927–1930	Romania	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

• Cupa României (3): 1934–35, 1936–37, 1937–38

Individual

• Liga I top-scorer (1): 1935–36

External links

• Ștefan Barbu – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Ștefan Barbu at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ștefan Barbu at Soccerway
• Ștefan Barbu at WorldFootball.net
• Ștefan Barbu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)