Gheorghe Barbu (20 July 1968 – 31 October 2021) was a

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n footballer who played as a forward and

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. After he ended his playing career he worked as a

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, mainly at teams from the Romanian lower leagues, with a short spell in the first league at

Universitatea Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first ...

. Barbu died in his sleep on 31 October 2021 at age 53.

Honours

Player

Electroputere Craiova *

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1990–91 Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 '' Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since t ...

Universitatea Craiova * Cupa României:

1992–93 Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 '' Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since t ...

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