Ion Barbu (footballer, born 1938)

Ion Barbu
Personal information
Date of birth (1938-12-24)24 December 1938
Place of birth Craiova, Romania
Date of death 2 May 2011(2011-05-02) (aged 72)
Place of death Piteşti, Romania
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1957 Lokomotiva Craiova
1957–1959 Dinamo Obor București
1959–1967 Dinamo Piteşti 124 (3)
1967–1970 Argeş Piteşti 72 (0)
1970–1971 Beşiktaş 20 (0)
1971–1974 Argeş Piteşti 48 (0)
Total 244 (3)
National team
1966–1968 Romania 7 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Ion Barbu (24 December 1938 – 2 May 2011) was a Romanian international football defender who played for clubs in Romania and Turkey.

Career

Born in Craiova, Barbu started playing football for Lokomotiva Craiova and Dinamo Obor București. In 1959, he joined FC Argeş Piteşti, where he would play for 13 seasons, appearing in 224 league matches and winning the Romanian league in the 1971–72 season.[1]

In 1970, Barbu moved to Turkey to join Beşiktaş J.K..[2] He made 20 appearances in the Süper Lig during the 1970–71 season.

He was the first FC Arges player to be allowed to play outside of Romania during the communist regime.

Barbu made seven appearances for the Romania national football team.[3]

Personal

He died in a Piteşti hospital on 2 May 2011.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Adrian, Dragomir (2 May 2011). "Încă un campion printre îngeri-Bebe Barbu a pierdut meciul cu viața" (in Romanian). Argeseanul.com.
  2. ↑ Gheorghiu, Lucian (11 September 2011). "Pe timpul lui Ceauşescu fotbaliştii români au invadat Turcia" (in Romanian). Cotidianul.ro.
  3. ↑ Siminiceanu, Radu (10 January 2004). "Romania National Team 1960-1969 - Details". RSSSF.


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