Andrei Bărbulescu (16 October 1909 – 30 July 1987) was a Romanian

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midfielder who played for Romania at the

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. He also played ice hockey, representing the national team at the

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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

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in 1924. In 1927, he went to play for Juventus București where he made his debut in senior football on 6 April 1930, coach

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using him all the minutes in a 2–2 with

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from the regional championship. The team won the regional championship and qualified for the national championship, Bărbulescu playing in the 4–2 win over

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from the semi-finals but Hlavay did not use him in the 3–0 victory with

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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. 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. After one more season in which he made 12 regional league appearances and scored a goal in a 3–3 with

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, Bărbulescu went back to play for

, making his debut on 25 September 1932 in a

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2–0 home win over RGMT Timișoara. In the following season, Bărbulescu was used in 13 league games by coach Karoly Weszter, as the club won the title. He won another title in the 1936–37, this time under the guidance of coach

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who gave him 21 appearances in which he scored two goals. 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. 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

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, 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. He was selected by coaches Săvulescu and Rădulescu to be part of the squad that participated at the

. 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.

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

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from his first season. Afterwards he went for one season at Telefon Club București, then moving to HC Bragadiru București where he reunited with Cantacuzino, also playing alongside

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, winning another Romanian Hockey League title. In 1938, Bărbulescu went to play for Venus București, spending seven years with them, winning a title in 1944. After a spell at Petrolul București, Andrei Bărbulescu ended his career in 1952 at Știința Cluj.

International career

Bărbulescu represented Romania's national team at the

where he made one appearance, as the team finished on the 7th place.

Death

Bărbulescu died on 30 July 1987 at age 77.

Honours

Footballer

Juventus București *

: 1929–30 Venus București *

: 1933–34, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1939–40

Ice hockey player

Tenis Club Roman București *

: 1933 HC Bragadiru București *

: 1936 Venus București *

: 1944

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barbulescu, Andrei 1909 births 1987 deaths Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Petrolul Ploiești players FC Venus București players FC Sportul Studențesc București players Liga I players 1938 FIFA World Cup players Footballers from Slatina, Romania Romanian ice hockey players Romanian ice hockey right wingers