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| Date of birth | (1909-10-16)16 October 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Slatina,Romania | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 30 July 1987(1987-07-30) (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1924–1927 | Venus București | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1927–1930 | Juventus București | ||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1930–1932 | Juventus București | 25 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1932–1940 | Venus București | 117 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1940–1941 | Sportul Studențesc București | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1941–1945 | Venus București[a] | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 162 | (17) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1935–1938 | Romania | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 March 2024 Ice hockey player
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Andrei Bărbulescu (16 October 1909 – 30 July 1987) was aRomanianfootballmidfielder who played forRomania in the1938 World Cup.[1][2][4] He also playedice hockey, representing thenational team in the1947 Ice Hockey World Championships.[5]
Bărbulescu was born on 16 October 1909 inSlatina,Romania and began playing football at the junior squads ofVenus București in 1924.[2] In 1927, he joinedJuventus București where he made his debut in senior football on 6 April 1930, as coachGyörgy Hlavay used him the entire match in a 2–2 draw againstMaccabi București in the regional championship.[6][7] Bărbulescu made one more appearance in the regional championship, as the team won it and qualified to thenational championship.[7] He played in the 4–2 win overMihai Viteazul Chișinău in the semi-finals, but Hlavay did not use him in the 3–0 victory againstGloria Arad in the final, as the club won the first national title in its history.[8][9] In the following regional championship, he scored his first official goal on 23 October 1930 in a 5–2 win overSportul Studențesc București, finding the net eight times until the end of the season, including scoring two doubles in two victories against Turda București and Sportul Studențesc.[10] In his last season at Juventus, he made 12 regional league appearances and scored one goal in a 3–3 draw againstCFR București.[2][11] Afterwards, Bărbulescu went back to play forVenus București, making his debut on 25 September 1932 in aDivizia A 2–0 home win overRGMT Timișoara.[2] In thefollowing season, Bărbulescu was used in 13 league games by coach Karoly Weszter, as the club won the title.[2][8][12] He won another title in the1936–37 season, this time under the guidance of coachFerenc Plattkó who gave him 21 appearances in which he scored two goals.[2][8][12] From 1939 to 1940, Bărbulescu helped the club win two consecutive league titles, both under coach Béla Jánosy.[2][8][12] In the first he scored one goal in 15 appearances and in the second he played four games and scored three times.[2][8] In 1940 he went toSportul Studențesc București where he played his last Divizia A match on 18 May 1941 in a 2–1 home victory overGloria CFR Galați.[2] Afterwards, he made a comeback to Venus, ending his career in 1945.[2]
Bărbulescu played three games forRomania, making his debut on 25 August 1935 under coachConstantin Rădulescu in a friendly that ended in a 4–2 away loss toGermany.[13][14] He was selected by coachesAlexandru Săvulescu and Rădulescu to be part of the squad that participated in the1938 World Cup.[13][15] He did not appear in the first game againstCuba, that ended in a 3–3 draw, but Bărbulescu played in the replay which ended in a surprising 2–1 loss.[13][15][16][17]
Bărbulescu started playing ice hockey as aright winger in 1932 at Tenis Club Roman București, alongsideConstantin Cantacuzino, winning theRomanian Hockey League in his first season.[5][18][19] Afterwards he went for one season at Telefon Club București.[5] Then he moved to HC Bragadiru București where he reunited with Cantacuzino, also playing alongsideRobert Sadowski, winning another Romanian Hockey League title.[5][20][21] In 1938, Bărbulescu went to play for Venus București, spending seven years with them, winning a title in 1944.[5][22] After a spell at Petrolul București, Andrei Bărbulescu ended his career in 1952 at Știința Cluj.[5]
Bărbulescu representedRomania's national team in the1947 Ice Hockey World Championships where he made one appearance, as the team finished in 7th place.[5][23]
Bărbulescu died on 30 July 1987 at age 77.[1][2]
Juventus București
Venus București
Tenis Club Roman București
HC Bragadiru București
Venus București
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