Ion Barbu (footballer, born 1938)

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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)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1957 Locomotiva Craiova
1957–1959 Dinamo Obor București
1959–1970
FC Argeş Piteşti
196 (3)
1970–1971 Beşiktaş 20 (0)
1971–1974
Argeş Piteşti
48 (0)
Total 244 (3)
International career
1966–1968 Romania 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Career

Born in

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 Argeş player to be allowed to play outside of Romania during the

communist regime
.

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

Death

He died in a

Piteşti hospital on 2 May 2011.[1]

Honours

FC Argeş Piteşti

Individual

  • Romanian Footballer of the Year (fifth place): 1968 (shared with Narcis Coman
    )

References

  1. ^ a b Adrian, Dragomir (2 May 2011). "Încă un campion printre îngeri-Bebe Barbu a pierdut meciul cu viața" (in Romanian). Argeseanul.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013.
  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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