Ilie Bărbulescu (24 June 1957 – 1 February 2020) was a

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, he was a member of Steaua București's winning squad for the European Cup in 1986 and for the

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in 1987. He played as a defender and spent the majority of his career with

FC Argeș Pitești Asociația Clubul Sportiv Campionii Fotbal Club Argeș, commonly known as FC Argeș or Argeș Pitești (), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Pitești, Argeș County, which competes in the Liga I. The team was ori ...

. On 25 March 2008 he was decorated by the president of

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with Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Order "The Sportive Merit") class II for his part in winning the

1986 European Cup Final The 1986 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville, on 7 May 1986 that saw Steaua București of Romania defeat Barcelona of Spain in a penalty shoot out after 120 minutes of play could not separ ...

International career

Bărbulescu also won five caps for the Romania's national team, including two qualifying matches for

Euro 1980 The 1980 UEFA European Football Championship finals tournament was held in Italy. This was the sixth UEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. It was the first European Championship to feature eight teams i ...

and

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Honours

Club

;FC Argeș Pitești *

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: 1978–79 ;Steaua București *

: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87 *

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: 1984–85, 1986–87 * European Cup: 1985–86 *

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* * 1957 births 2020 deaths Sportspeople from Pitești Romanian footballers Romania international footballers Association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players FC Argeș Pitești players FC Steaua București players FC Olt Scornicești players FC Dacia Pitești players {{Romania-footy-defender-stub